Ukiah Municipal Airport is a public
airport
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located one mile (1.6 km) south of
Ukiah, serving
Mendocino County
Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish for "of Mendoza) is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah.
Mendocino County consists whol ...
,
California
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,
United States
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. This
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
airport covers and has one
runway
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Past passenger airline service
Ukiah was served by
Pacific Air Lines
Pacific Air Lines was a regional airline (then called a "local service" air carrier as defined by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board) on the West Coast of the United States that began scheduled passenger flights in the mid 1940s under the name ...
until the early 1960s with
Douglas DC-3 aircraft with direct service to
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via an intermediate stop at Santa Rosa (STS). Northbound DC-3 service operated by Pacific was flown from the airport to Eureka/Arcata (ACV), Crescent City (CEC) and Medford, OR (MFR).
Stol Air Commuter served Ukiah during the 1970s with nonstop service to San Francisco International Airport which was operated with
Britten-Norman Islander and
Trislander STOL (short take off and landing) capable aircraft.
CalFire Airbase
Staffing at the base consists of one battalion chief and one fire captain (air tactics group supervisors), one fire apparatus engineer (base manager), and several firefighters. The complement of aircraft located at Ukiah includes one OV-10 Bronco (Air Attack 110) and two Grumman S-2 Tracker air tankers (classified as S-2Ts, Tankers 90 and 91.)
CALSTAR
CALSTAR (California Shock Trauma Air Rescue) is a nonprofit regional air ambulance company serving California and northern Nevada. It is currently the largest nonprofit air ambulance provider on the West Coast. CALSTAR 4 is based at the airport.
External links
Ukiah Airport's official website
Airports in Mendocino County, California
Ukiah, California
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