Monterey Bay Academy Airport is a small daytime only airfield located near the city of

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, United States. This private-use airport is owned by the

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and is located on the campus of

Monterey Bay Academy Monterey Bay Academy (MBA) is a private school in Santa Cruz County, California. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education, Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. Description Mont ...

, previously the military installation Camp McQuaide. The grass airfield is currently managed by AirSpace Integration. Prior permission for use is required from the airport owner.

History

Improvements and management of the airstrip were previously directed by Ocean Shore Aviation. The group restored the dirt strip, converting it from dirt into a grass runway. The group also secured a parking/tie-down area (paved with concrete), and has added a picnic area within walking distance to the parking/tie-down area overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In the 1940s, a small aircraft landing strip was built at Camp McQuaide so airplanes could drop targets into the ocean. After the end of the war, in 1948, it was converted to the private boarding school

. Between 1980 and 1984 the airport was home to Pterodactyl Limited, which manufactured

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* * Airports in Santa Cruz County, California Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America {{California-airport-stub

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