Salinas Army Air Base

Salinas Municipal Airport Salinas Army Air Base
USGS 2006 Orthophoto
IATA: SNS ICAO: KSNS FAA LID: SNS WMO: 72593
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Salinas
Serves	Salinas, California
Elevation AMSL	84 ft / 26 m
Coordinates	36°39′46″N 121°36′23″W / 36.66278°N 121.60639°W / 36.66278; -121.60639
Map
KSNS Location
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 6,004 1,830 Asphalt 13/31 4,825 1,471 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 90 27 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 77,896 Based aircraft 229
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Salinas Municipal Airport (IATA: SNS, ICAO: KSNS, FAA LID: SNS) is three miles southeast of Salinas, in Monterey County, California. It is included in the 2015-2019 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems as a regional general aviation airport. It had 1,800 enplanements in 2014.

Salinas Municipal Airport covers 605 acres (245 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 8/26 is 6,004 x 150 ft. (1,830 x 46 m), and 13/31 is 4,825 x 150 ft. (1,471 x 46 m). It has one helipad, 90 x 90 ft. (27 x 27 m) asphalt/concrete.

In the year ending June 30, 2007 the airport had 77,896 aircraft operations, average 213 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. 229 aircraft were then based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 3% jet and 6% helicopter.

The airfield opened in late 1941 as Salinas Army Air Field (AAF). It was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a subpost to Fort Ord during the war. Its mission was that of an incoming personnel processing center and a training field for Army pilots in reconnaissance and observation duties in various aircraft from light observation planes to medium bombers. The Air Transport Command also used the field and had an air freight terminal here for transshipment of cargo.