McGrath Army Airbase

McGrath Army Airbase is former United States Army airbase located in McGrath,[1] a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

McGrath Army Airbase
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	United States Army
Serves	McGrath, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	341 ft / 104 m
Coordinates	62°57′10″N 155°36′25″W
Map
McGrath AAB Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,936 1,809 Asphalt 5/23 2,000 610 Gravel

During its construction, equipment to construct the facility arrived too late in the season, as the ground had already frozen over. As a result, it was ordered that the equipment be brought to Umnak Island and Cold Bay, Alaska, which built Fort Glenn Army Airbase and Fort Randall Army Airfield, respectively. Both of those airfields later played a part in repelling the Japanese Attack on Dutch Harbor.[2]

See also

• Alaska World War II Army Airfields
• Air Transport Command
• Northwest Staging Route
• List of airports in Alaska

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for MCG (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
2. "HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH AIR FORCE". Eleventh Air Force. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.