Sacramento Mather Airport
| Sacramento Mather Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | KMHR |
| IATA code | MHR |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 30 m (98 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Street | 10425 North Ave |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Sacramento |
| surface | 1,163 hectares ha |
| Air freight | Operated by Ameriflight, DHL Aviation and UPS Airlines |
| Flight movements |
101,000 (2005) |
| Runways | |
| 4R / 22L | 3445 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete |
| 4L / 22R | 1840 m × 46 m asphalt |
| website | |
| https://sacramento.aero/mhr | |
The Sacramento Mather Airport is a civilian airport about 20 kilometers east of the city of Sacramento in California . The airport was until 1993 a military base , which in the last years of operation, the 940th Air Refueling Regiment (940th Air Refueling Wing) was home.
Airport facility
Sacramento Mather Airport occupies 1,163 hectares. The airport has two runways . The longer of the two has the departure direction 4R or 22L and a length of 3445 meters. The shorter runway is aligned parallel and is 1840 meters long.
The airport also has two heliports . The landing areas measure 30 × 30 meters or 9 × 9 meters.
In 2005, 101,000 aircraft movements of all types were recorded at Sacramento Mather Airport. 152 aircraft remained permanently at Sacramento Mather Airport. The majority of flight movements were carried out by aircraft belonging to general aviation . This also represents the number of aircraft permanently parked. The smallest proportion of flight movements can be traced back to military aircraft. 16% of the flights were carried out by commercial aircraft.
Incidents
- When Emery Worldwide Flight 17 a crashed on Feb. 16, 2000 Douglas DC-8-71F the cargo carrier Emery Worldwide ( air vehicle registration number N8079U ) shortly after the start of an auto junkyard.
Freight traffic
The airport is also used for the transport of cargo. Here regularly communicate the cargo airlines ameriflight , DHL Aviation and UPS Airlines . Ameriflight transports the cargo to Reno-Tahoe , DHL Aviation to Cincinnati and Salt Lake City . With destination airports in Louisville , Ontario , Portland (OR) and Reno-Tahoe , UPS Airlines has the largest number of destinations.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mather Airport. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Sacramento Mather Airport. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Aircraft Accident Report: Loss of Pitch Control on Takeoff, Emery Worldwide Airlines, Flight 17, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F, N8079U, Rancho Cordova, California, February 16, 2000 (PDF), National Transportation Safety Board , August 5, 2003, NTSB / AAR-03/02.
- ↑ accident report DC-8-71 N8079U , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 28 April 2020th