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Flying S Ranch Airport

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Airport type
  
Private

Elevation AMSL
  
3,485 ft / 1,062 m

3,750
  
1,143

Elevation
  
1,062 m

Owner
  
R. J. Smith

07/25
  
3,750

Address
  
Caliente, CA 93518, USA

Phone
  
+1 818-962-3338

Location
  
Kern County, near Caliente, California

Similar
  
Tehachapi Muni Airport‑TSP, PSK Ranch Airport, Bakersfield Municipal Airport, Meadows Field Airport‑Bfl, Taft‑Kern County Airport‑L17

Flying S Ranch Airport (FAA LID: 62CL) is a private airport located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Caliente, California.

History

During World War II it was a United States Army Airfield, known as Caliente Flight Strip. It was one of the many Flight Strips which were built by the USAAF during the war for the emergency use of military aircraft.

The Caliente Flight Strip was listed on a table of Second Air Force Flight Strips which indicated that construction of the strip was completed in 1943. The strip was described as consisting of a 6,400' paved runway, adjacent to the south side of Route 93 but labeled merely as “FS-2”. It is not known what military use (if any) the Caliente Flight Strip ever had.

Sold by the WAA as a private airport after the war, the airfield was sold in July 1967 to its present owners.

References

Flying S Ranch Airport Wikipedia