Gillespie Field
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| IATA: SEE – ICAO: KSEE – FAA LID: SEE | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | County of San Diego | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | El Cajon, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 388 ft / 118 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | co.san-diego.ca.us/dpw/... | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gillespie Field (IATA: SEE, ICAO: KSEE, FAA LID: SEE) is a county-owned public airport 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California.[1]
Contents
History
- Section reference dates.[2]
In 1942 the United States Marine Corps chose a 688-acre (2.78 km2) site east of San Diego for parachute training for the newly forming Parachute battalions. In September 1942 Camp Gillespie was completed and named in honor of Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie, a Marine officer who played a prominent role in the effort to separate California from Mexico in the 1840s.[3] Three 256 foot high towers were built from which the paratroopers practiced their jumps.[4]
In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. MCAAF Gillespie soon became responsible for Camp Pendleton Outlying Air Field. Among the units that transited and trained at MCCAF Gillespie were VMSB-141, Air Warning Squadron 10 and the Navy's VT-37.[5]
In 1946 the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and became a general aviation facility.[5] In 1952 the County was granted ownership of the facility by the federal government. In 1971 the County Sheriff stationed ASTREA, a helicopter law enforcement base at the airport, and in 1993 the San Diego Aerospace Museum located its restoration operations and an exhibit at the field.
Facilities and operations
Gillespie Field covers 758 acres (307 ha) and has three asphalt runways:[1]
- Runway 9L/27R: 5,342 x 100 ft (1,628 x 30 m)
- Runway 9R/27L: 2,738 x 60 ft (835 x 18 m)
- Runway 17/35: 4,145 x 100 ft (1,263 x 30 m)
In 2012 the airport had 184,512 aircraft operations, average 548 per day: 99.9% general aviation, <1% air taxi and <1% military. 699 aircraft are based at the airport: 88% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, 2% jet and <1% glider.[1]
San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex
Gillespie is the home of the restoration facility Gillespie Field Annex[6] for the San Diego Air and Space Museum (formerly San Diego Aerospace Museum).[7] It is open to the public and has on display many vintage and modern aircraft;[8] and has an Atlas ICBM rocket as its gate guard, replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, and a recently restored F-102A Delta Dagger with drop tanks. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
The FAA says in 2010 Gillespie Field was the 44th busiest airport in the United States.[9]
See also
- Gillespie Field (San Diego Trolley station)
- List of airports in California
- List of United States Marine Corps installations
- Wings Over Gillespie Annual June Airshow
References
- Notes
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External links
- Gillespie Pilots Association
- Gillespie Field at County of San Diego website
- Unofficial Gillespie Field with a complete list of Gillespie Field Businesses, Museums, and Weather
- San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SEE
- AirNav airport information for KSEE
- ASN accident history for SEE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Administrators Fact Book
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for SEE (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ↑ Gillespie Field (San Diego County web page)
- ↑ Shettle(200):97
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shettle(200):98
- ↑ SDASM Gillispie Field Annex Restoration Facility
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- ↑ Gillespie Field Annex Layout and Aircraft[dead link]
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/aba/admin_factbook/media/201103.pdf
