New Jerusalem Airport is a nontowered, public airport located seven nautical miles (8.1 miles; 13 km) southeast of the

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Facilities and aircraft

New Jerusalem Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,530 by 60 feet (1,076 × 18 m). A second, parallel runway was built initially but fell into disrepair and is not used by general aviation. For the 12-month period ending March 5, 2019, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. Due to the airport's lack of hangars, there were no aircraft based at this airport as of August 2019.

History

The airport takes its name from the locale near New Jerusalem Elementary School. In 1874, local pioneer Henry Ebe, whose family were Dunkard Brethren, donated the land for the school, stipulating that it take that name.

World War II

During World War II, the airport was designated as New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield (No 2), and was an auxiliary training airfield for

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, California.

In media

In 1989, the airport was used as a filming location for the Steven Spielberg film ''

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''. Miniature radio-controlled planes were used by Industrial Light and Magic to create special effects for aerial firefighting scenes. The airport was used in several episodes of the

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'', including " Duct Tape Plane".

References

External links

Aerial photo as of 23 May 1993
from USGS '' The National Map'' *
San Joaquin Historian, January - March 1974
describing the early history of the New Jerusalem area {{USAAF Training Bases World War II Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California Airports in San Joaquin County, California Tracy, California United States Army airfields