McChesney Field
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San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport McChesney Field |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | San Luis Obispo County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | San Luis Obispo, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 212 ft / 64.5 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′13″N 120°38′31″W / 35.23694°N 120.64194°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.sloairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Source: San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport Statistics Reports
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| Airline Passengers | 302,652 |
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| Total aircraft operations | 67,772 |
| Freight (in U.S. tons) | 5,651 |
| Based aircraft | 305 |
San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (IATA: SBP, ICAO: KSBP, FAA LID: SBP), McChesney Field is a civil airport near San Luis Obispo, California. Three passenger airlines currently serve the airport with respective flights to Los Angeles (LAX), Phoenix (PHX), San Francisco (SFO) and Seattle (SEA). Nonstop service to Denver (DEN) will begin on July 18, 2017. The airport was established in 1939 and used by the U.S. military between 1939 and 1945.
In 1933 Pacific Seaboard Air Lines single engine Bellanca CH-300s flew twice daily each way Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles - Monterey - Salinas - San Jose - San Francisco. Pacific Seaboard later moved its operation to the eastern U.S., was renamed Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and became a large domestic and international airline that in 1953 was acquired by and merged into Delta Air Lines.
Earl Thomson, along with his brothers-in-law, William "Chris" and David Hoover, talked county officials into leasing them the land for an airport. By April 1939 it opened with an 88-by-100-foot (27 by 30 m) hangar and dirt runways.
During World War II the federal government took over the airport: From 1938 until 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps and the California National Guard used 218 acres as an aerial observation training center; In 1940 the War Department added hard surface runways and lights, barracks, hangars, and mechanic shops. In 1940 and 1941, 183 private pilots and 20 advanced students were trained here though a federally sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program for armed services fliers. In 1943, the Navy began using the airport as a training center for the Pacific Fleet.
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