Marina Municipal Airport

Marina Municipal Airport
IATA: OAR – ICAO: KOAR – FAA LID: OAR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Marina
Location		Marina, California
Elevation AMSL		137 ft / 42 m
Coordinates		36°40′53″N 121°45′42″W / 36.68139°N 121.76167°W / 36.68139; -121.76167
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
11/29	3,483	1,062	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			40,000
Based aircraft			69
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Marina Municipal Airport (IATA: OAR, ICAO: KOAR, FAA LID: OAR) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district of Marina, a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Marina.^[1]

The airport is on the former site of the Fritzsche Army Air Field, built in the early 1960s at Fort Ord, which closed in 1994.^[2]

The Naval Postgraduate School, based in the nearby city of Monterey, has a Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (NPS/CIRPAS) at this airport.^[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Marina Municipal Airport has one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 3,483 x 75 ft. (1,062 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2006, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day, all of which were general aviation. There are 69 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 6% multi-engine, 3% helicopters and 4% ultralight.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for OAR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ ^{a b} Fritzsche Army Air Field at GlobalSecurity.org
3. ^ Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (official site)

External links

• OAR - Marina, California - includes photos of airport
• Aviation Photos: OAR / KOAR - Marina Municipal (Fritzsche AAF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for OAR
  • ASN accident history for OAR
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for OAR