New Jerusalem Airport

New Jerusalem Airport (FAA LID: 1Q4) is a nontowered, public airport located seven nautical miles (8.1 miles; 13 km) southeast of the central business district of Tracy, a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Tracy.[1]

New Jerusalem Airport
New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield
2006 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Tracy
ServesTracy, California
Elevation AMSL62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates37°40′40″N 121°18′04″W
Map
1Q4
Location of New Jerusalem Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 3,530 1,076 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations4,000

Facilities and aircraft

New Jerusalem Airport covers an area of 394 acres (159 ha) at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,530 by 60 feet (1,076 × 18 m). A second, parallel runway was built initially but fell into disrepair and is not used by general aviation.

For the 12-month period ending March 5, 2019, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. Due to the airports lack of hangars there were 0 aircraft based at this airport as of August 2019.[1] New Jerusalem Airport has been used in several installments of the Discovery Channel television show MythBusters, including the "Duct Tape Plane" episode (#174)[2] and to test drive their JATO Rocket Car, JATO 3, for the episode "JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?"

World War II

During World War II, the airport was designated as New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield (No 2), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.

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See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for 1Q4 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. Wiebe, James (20 October 2011). "Mythbuster Duct Tape Airplane production photos". Belite Ultralight Blog: The Blog for Ultralight Aircraft. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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