Tracy Municipal Airport is three miles (5 km) southwest of Tracy, in

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. It is owned by the City of Tracy. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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and IATA, but Tracy Municipal Airport is TCY to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities

Tracy Municipal Airport covers and has two

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s, 8/26 & 12/30, the longer one is 4,000 x 75 ft (1,220 x 23 m). In the year ending May 17, 2017, the Tracy Municipal airport had 60,000 aircraft operations, average 161 per day: 99%

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and 1%

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. 107 aircraft are based at the airport: 80 single engine, 4 multi-engine, 1 jet, 2 helicopters and 20

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World War II

During

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, the airport was Tracy Auxiliary Airfield (No 4), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.

References

External links

Tracy Municipal Airport
at City of Tracy web site * Tracy, California Airports in San Joaquin County, California San Joaquin Valley Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California United States Army airfields {{California-airport-stub

Facilities

World War II

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