Montague Airport (California)

Coordinates: 41°43′49″N 122°32′44″W / 41.73028°N 122.54556°W

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Montague Airport-Yreka Rohrer Field

Montague Air Force Auxiliary Field

2006 USGS photo

IATA: ROF^[1]
ICAO: none
FAA LID: 1O5

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

City of Montague, California

Location

Montague, California

Elevation AMSL

2,527 ft / 770 m

Coordinates

41°43′49″N 122°32′44″W / 41.73028°N 122.54556°W

Map

ROF

Location of Montague Airport

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14/32	3,360	1,024	Asphalt
05/23	2,080	634	Grass

The Montague Airport (IATA: ROF), also known as Yreka Rohrer Field (IATA: ROF, FAA LID: 1O5), is located on the west side of Montague, California, United States.^[2] It is owned by the City of Montague.

History

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The municipal airport at Montague was created at its present location in 1928. The maintenance hangar and a small weather observatory building were built in 1928. Civilian Conservation Corps funds helped to bring in large quantities of gravel to stabilize the landing area in the early 1930s. Originally the airport was only a north–south dirt strip. A crosswind runway was added in the 1930s. A small amount of paving was added to the south end of the original strip in the 1950s to accommodate drag racing by automobiles, not aircraft.

During World War II, the airport was designated as Montague Air Force Auxiliary Field, and was an auxiliary training airfield for Hamilton Field, California.

The airport returned to civil control in 1945 after the war. The last major improvement consisted of lengthening the runway by 600 feet to its present 3,360 feet in 1982.

References

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

^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^ "Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

External links

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1O5
- AirNav airport information for 1O5
- ASN accident history for RKC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1O5

USAAF Fourth Air Force in World War II

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Reconnaissance	68th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	64th Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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