Haigh Field Airport is a public
airport
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located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of the
central business district
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(CBD) of
Orland Orland or Ørland is the name, or part of the name, of a number of places and people:
Places Canada
* Orland, Saskatchewan
Norway
*Ørland, a municipality
United States
* Orland, California
* Orland, Georgia
*Orland, Indiana
*Orland, Maine
* Orla ...
, a city in
Glenn County
Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,917. The county seat is Willows. It is located in the Sacramento Valley, in the northern part of the California Central Valley. Th ...
,
California
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,
United States
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. It covers and has one
runway
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. It is mostly used for
general aviation
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, and was used to train pilots during wartime.
World War II
During
World War II
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, the airport was designated as Orland Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for
Chico Army Airfield
Chico Regional Airport , formerly known as Chico Municipal Airport, is north of Chico, in Butte County, California, United States. The airport covers , has two runways and one helipad. Its fixed-base operator, Northgate Aviation provides fuel, ...
, California.
See also
*
California World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in California for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the ...
References
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External links
Airports in Glenn County, California
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California
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