Rittenhouse Army Heliport formally Williams Field Auxiliary No. 2 is an
Arizona Army National Guard training
airstrip
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east of the
central business district of
Queen Creek, a city in
Pinal County, Arizona
Pinal County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the county was 425,264, making it Arizona's third-most populous county. The county seat is Florence. The county was founded in 187 ...
,
United States
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and southeast of
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Although most U.S.
airport
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s use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA
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,
IATA, and
ICAO, this airport is only assigned AZ38 by the FAA.
Williams Field Auxiliary No. 2 was one of many auxiliary fields that served
Williams Field
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(now
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport) and is one of many
Arizona World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the ...
.
Facilities and aircraft
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Rittenhouse Army
Heliport
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is at an
elevation
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of above
mean sea level
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For a data set, the '' ari ...
. It has one
asphalt
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runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
:
* 12/30 measuring
No aircraft are based at this airfield.
References
External links
{{Arizona during World War II
Airports in Pinal County, Arizona