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Chiriaco Summit Airport Shavers Summit Army Airfield
2006 USGS photo
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: L77
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of Riverside
Serves	Chiriaco Summit, California
Elevation AMSL	1,711 ft / 521 m
Coordinates	33°39′54″N 115°42′36″W / 33.66500°N 115.71000°W / 33.66500; -115.71000
Map
L77Location of Chiriaco Summit Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 6,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Chiriaco Summit Airport (FAA LID: L77) is a county-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Chiriaco Summit, in Riverside County, California, United States.

The airport is maintained as a functioning airport for emergency purposes and recreational VFR use by the Riverside County government. Some west coast aero clubs use the airport (and nearby restaurant) as a "destination" site for annual weekend competitions.

History

The airport was opened in April 1943 as Shavers Summit Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be no longer needed by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

Facilities and aircraft

Chiriaco Summit Airport covers an area of 570 acres (230 ha) at an elevation of 1,713 feet (522 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,600 by 50 feet (1,402 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending November 30, 2006, the airport had 6,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields
• Desert Training Center

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for L77 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
2. Thole, Lou (1999). Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now. Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub. ISBN 1575100517

External links

• George S. Patton Memorial Museum and Chiriaco Summit, CA Airport
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for L77
  • AirNav airport information for L77
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for L77

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