Sacramento Mather Airport
Airport in Sacramento County, California, United States
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Sacramento Mather Airport (IATA: MHR, ICAO: KMHR, FAA LID: MHR) (Mather Airport) is a public airport 11 miles east of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is on the site of Mather Air Force Base[2], which closed in 1993 pursuant to BRAC action. The airport is one of 4 airports serving Sacramento, the others being Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento Executive Airport, and Franklin Field.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Sacramento County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sacramento, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 98 ft (30 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°33′14″N 121°17′51″W | ||||||||||||||
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Facilities
Sacramento Mather Airport covers 2,875 acres (1,163 ha) at an elevation of 98 feet (30 m). It has two runways: 04L/22R is 6,081 by 150 feet (1,853 x 46 m) asphalt; 04R/22L is 11,301 by 150 feet (3,445 x 46 m) concrete/asphalt. The airport has two helipads: H1 is 30 x 30 ft. (9 x 9 m); H2 is 100 x 100 ft. (30 x 30 m).[1]
For the year ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 99,467 aircraft operations, an average of 272 per day: 51% general aviation, 13% air taxi, 5% airline, and 32% military. Fifty-two aircraft were then based at this airport: 10 single-engined, 1 multiengined, and 41 military.[1]
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| DHL Aviation | Cincinnati, Salt Lake City |
| UPS Airlines | Chicago-Rockford, Louisville, Oakland, Ontario, Portland (OR), Reno/Tahoe, Sioux Falls |
Incidents
On February 16, 2000 Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a DC-8 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from this airport, killing all three crewmembers.[3][4] This incident was profiled on the Canadian TV show Mayday (known as Air Disasters in the United States) on the Smithsonian Channel.