Sacramento Mather Airport
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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 / 38.55389°N 121.29750°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: FAA[1] and airport web page[2] | |||||||||||||||
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.
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.
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MHR PDF, effective July 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Mather Airport, Sacramento County Airport System website.
- ^ "Emery DC-8 cargo plane crashes near Sacramento, California Archived 2009-08-12 at the Wayback Machine". CNN.com, retrieved December 13, 2006.
- ^ "Safety Board Finds Poor Maintenance Caused Sacramento, Calif., Airport Crash". AccessMyLibrary.com, retrieved December 13, 2006.
External links
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective March 19, 2026
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MHR, effective March 19, 2026
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MHR
- AirNav airport information for KMHR
- ASN accident history for MHR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures