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Coordinates: 32°49′34″N 116°58′21″W / 32.82611, -116.9725

Gillespie Field


FAA airport diagram
IATA: SEE – ICAO: KSEE – FAA: SEE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of San Diego
Serves San Diego, California
Location El Cajon, California
Elevation AMSL 388 ft / 118 m
Website co.san-diego.ca.us/dpw/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9L/27R 5,342 1,628 Asphalt
9R/27L 2,738 835 Asphalt
17/35 4,145 1,263 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 244,475
Based aircraft 739
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Gillespie Field (IATA: SEE, ICAO: KSEE, FAA LID: SEE) is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an Airport, navigation aid, or Weather station, and is used for manned San Diego County is a County located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U El Cajon (ɛlkəˈhoʊn Spanish elkaˈxon is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an Airport, navigation aid, or Weather station, and is used for manned An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city El Cajon (ɛlkəˈhoʊn Spanish elkaˈxon is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. San Diego County is a County located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1]

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History

Section reference dates. [2]

In 1942 the United States Marine Corps chose a 688-acre (2. 78 km²) site east of San Diego to conduct parachute training for the newly forming Parachute battalions. The Paramarines (also known as Marine paratroopers) was a short-lived specialized unit of the United States Marine Corps, trained to be dropped by Parachute In September 1942 Camp Gillespie was completed and named in honor of Lieutenant Archibald Gillespie, a Marine officer who played a prominent role in the effort to separate California from Mexico in the 1840s. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. [3]

In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie falling under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine California, at. MCAAF Gillespie soon became responsible for Camp Pendleton Outlying Air Field. Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton or MCAS Camp Pendleton is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Among the units that transited and trained at MCCAF Gillespie were VMSB-141, Air Warning Squadron 10 and the Navy's VT-37. Marine Fighting Squadron 141 (VMF-141 was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. [4]

Overhead view of MCAAF Gillespie in June 1944.
Overhead view of MCAAF Gillespie in June 1944.

In 1946, the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and was turned into a general aviation facility. San Diego County is a County located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U [5] In 1952, the County granted ownership of the facility by the federal government. In 1971, the County Sheriff stationed ASTREA, the law enforcement aviation section, at the airport. ASTREA is an acronym for Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies, the air support unit of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. And in 1993, the San Diego Aerospace Museum located its restoration operations and a special exhibit at the field.

Facilities and aircraft

Gillespie Field covers an area of 852 acres (345 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways:[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 244,475 aircraft operations, an average of 669 per day: 99. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, Asphalt ( is a sticky black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude Petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. 9% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. General aviation (abbr GA) is one of two categories of Civil aviation. An air taxi is a for-hire passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis There are 739 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, 1% jet and 1% glider. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes [1]

Museum

Gillespie is also the home of the restoration facility Gillispie Field Annex[6] for the San Diego Air and Space Museum (formerly San Diego Aerospace Museum). San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDAM formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum is an Aviation and Space exploration museum in San Diego California, [7] It is open to the public and has on display many vintage and modern aircraft;[8] and has an Atlas ICBM rocket as it's gate guard, replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, and a recently restored F-102A Delta Dagger with drop tanks. The SM-65 Atlas was a missile built by the Convair Division of General Dynamics. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for SEE (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ Gillespie Field (San Diego County web page)
  3. ^ Shettle(200):97
  4. ^ Shettle(200):98
  5. ^ Shettle(200):98
  6. ^ SDASM Gillispie Field Annex Restoration Facility
  7. ^ San Diego Air and Space Museum Official Site
  8. ^ Gillespie Field Annex Layout and Aircraft
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