Monterey Bay Academy Airport
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| Monterey Bay Academy Airport | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: CA66 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Operator | Seventh-day Adventist Church | ||
| Location | Monterey Bay Academy | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 70 ft / 21 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°54′22″N 121°50′35″W / 36.90611°N 121.84306°WCoordinates: 36°54′22″N 121°50′35″W / 36.90611°N 121.84306°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 2,200 | 671 | Soil |
Monterey Bay Academy Airport (FAA LID: CA66) is located near the city of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California, USA. This private use airport is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and located on the campus of the Monterey Bay Academy, site of the former Camp McQuaide.
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[edit] History
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 Monterey Bay Academy.[1]
Between 1980 and 1984 the airport was home to Pterodactyl Limited, a company that manufactured ultralight aircraft.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Monterey Bay Academy Beginnings". MBA web site. http://www.montereybayacademy.org/history/history.html. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ Adam Hunt. "Pterodactyl History". http://pterodactyl.squarespace.com/pterodactyl-history. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
[edit] External links
- "El Salto Resort, Camp McQuaide, & the Capitola Airport -1934". photo page of Capitola Museum web site. http://www.capitolamuseum.org/1934ElSalto.html. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- Paul Freeman (2009). "Santa Cruz - Capitola Airport, Santa Cruz, CA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: Monterey area. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_Monterey.html#capitola. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for CA66
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CA66
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