Del Norte County Airport Explained

Del Norte County Regional Airport
Nativename:Jack McNamara Field
Image2-Width:250
Iata:CEC
Icao:KCEC
Faa:CEC
Type:Public
Operator:Border Coast Regional Airport Authority
City-Served:Crescent City, California
Elevation-F:61
Elevation-M:19
Coordinates:41.7803°N -124.2367°W
Pushpin Map:USA California#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Label:CEC
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:12/30
R1-Length-F:5,002
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:18/36
R2-Length-F:5,000
R2-Length-M:1,523
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:12,565
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:17
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Del Norte County Regional Airport (Jack McNamara Field) is a public airport 3miles northwest of Crescent City, in Del Norte County, California, United States. It has one airline flight per day to/from Oakland and Los Angeles/Hawthorne under the Essential Air Service program. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (i.e. more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[2]

History

The airfield was used during World War II as Crescent City Outlying Field supporting Naval Air Station Alameda.[3] and a naval radio station at Point Saint George.[4] High-frequency direction finding (HFDF) was used for radio intercept. These sites along the coast could track Japanese warships and merchant marine vessels as far away as the Western Pacific. The other stations in California were at Point Arguello, Farallon Islands and San Diego. Bainbridge Island, Washington also hosted a station.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers 544 acres (220 ha) at an elevation of 61 feet (19 m). It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 17/35 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).

In the year ending July 31, 2019; the airport had 12,565 aircraft operations, average 34 per day: 72% general aviation, 27% air taxi, and 1% military. 26 aircraft were then based at the airport: 65% single-engine and 35% multi-engine.

Historical airline service

By 1950 Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s were flying to San Francisco,[6] e.g. Crescent City - Eureka/Arcata - Fort Bragg/Mendocino - Ukiah - Santa Rosa - Vallejo/Napa - Oakland - San Francisco. Southwest Airways changed its name to Pacific Air Lines which in 1959 was flying DC-3s or Martin 4-0-4s Crescent City - Eureka/Arcata - San Francisco; Crescent City - Eureka/Arcata - Ukiah - Santa Rosa - San Francisco; or Crescent City - Eureka/Arcata - Redding - Red Bluff - Chico - Marysville/Yuba City - Sacramento - San Francisco. Also, nonstop between Crescent City and Medford, Oregon.[7] By 1964 Pacific Air Lines was flying Fairchild F-27s and Martin 4-0-4s to Crescent City on similar multi-stop routings to San Francisco and nonstop to Portland.[8] In 1968 Pacific Air Lines merged with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which changed its name to Hughes Airwest in 1970. All Air West flights to the airport in 1968 were Fairchild F-27s.[9] In 1972 Hughes Airwest F-27s flew San Francisco - Eureka/Arcata - Crescent City - North Bend, Oregon - Corvallis, Oregon - Portland, Oregon - Astoria, Oregon - Tacoma, Washington - Seattle.[10] By 1980 Hughes Airwest was no longer serving the airport as it had retired its F-27s.[11]

Several commuter airlines served the airport. In 1976 Eureka Aero Industries was flying nonstop to Eureka/Arcata continuing to Eureka's Murray Field airport with Cessna 402s.[12] WestAir was serving the airport by the early 1980s and in 1985 was flying Cessna 402s nonstop to Eureka/Arcata and on to Sacramento.[13] WestAir also offered connecting service via either Eureka/Arcata or Sacramento to San Francisco. WestAir became a United Express airline via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines and in 1994 was flying BAe Jetstream 31s Crescent City - Eureka/Arcata - Sacramento - San Francisco several times a day.[14] In the late 1990s, WestAir was replaced by SkyWest Airlines which in 1999 was operating as United Express from the airport with nonstop and direct Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias to San Francisco International Airport.[15]

In 2007 SkyWest operating as United Express was continuing to fly Embraer EMB-120s nonstop to both San Francisco and Eureka/Arcata with direct one-stop flights to Sacramento.[16] SkyWest ended all United Express service into Crescent City in 2015. From August 2017, the only remaining passenger airline service, flown by PenAir with Saab 340s via a code sharing agreement with Alaska Airlines, operated nonstop to the Portland International Airport in Oregon. This service ended after PenAir filed for bankruptcy.

New airline jet service

On February 28, 2018 Contour Airlines announced it would begin flying an Embraer ERJ-135 regional jet between Crescent City and Oakland with service which began on April 11, 2018.[17] This new service marked the first time Crescent City had scheduled passenger airline flights operated with a jet aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

According to FlightAware, scheduled passenger flights are currently being operated by Advanced Air with Dornier 328JET regional jets nonstop to Oakland (OAK).[18]

Cargo

Statistics

Year! style="text-align:right;"
2008 [19] 2009 [20] 2010 [21] 2011 [22] 2012 [23] 2013[24] 2014[25] 2015[26] 2016[27] 2017[28] 2018[29]
Enplanements12,54111,49014,34114,88712,54712,13613,7014,9158,6676,8025,907
Change8.42%8.38%24.81%3.81%15.72%3.28%12.90%64.13% 76.34% 21.52% 13.16%
AirlineSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressSkyWest Airlines dba United ExpressPenAirPenAirContour Airlines
Destination(s)Arcata-Eureka----San FranciscoArcata-Eureka----San FranciscoArcata-Eureka----San FranciscoArcata-Eureka----San FranciscoArcata-Eureka----San FranciscoSan FranciscoSan FranciscoSan FranciscoPortlandPortlandOakland
AircraftEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaEmbraer 120 BrasiliaSaab 340Saab 340Embraer 135
Subsidy$957,025$957,025$957,025$1,136,896$1,136,896$1,996,959$1,996,959$2,454,084$3,506,231$2,951,831$3,310,503

Other sources

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . faa.gov . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  3. Web site: California State Military Museum . M.L.Shettle . August 2, 2011.
  4. Web site: U.S. Naval Activities World War II by State . Patrick Clancey . March 19, 2012.
  5. Book: Menzel, Sewall. The Pearl Harbor Secret: Why Roosevelt Undermined the U.S. Navy. ABC-CLIO. 2020. 9781440875861. 41.
  6. http://www.timetableimages.com, July 7, 1950 Southwest timetable
  7. http://www.timetableimages.com, July 1, 1959 Pacific timetable
  8. http://www.timetableimages.com, July 1, 1964 Pacific timetable
  9. http://www.timetableimages.com, July 1, 1968 Air West timetable
  10. http://www.departedflights.com, July 1, 1972 Hughes Airwest timetable
  11. http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 1, 1980 Hughes Airwest system timetable
  12. Feb. 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide
  13. http://www.departedflights.com, July 15, 1981 WestAir route map & Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide
  14. Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide
  15. http://www.departed flights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide
  16. Feb. 2007 OAG Flight Guide Worldwide
  17. Web site: In April, Crescent City Airport Will Begin Offering Jet Service Between There and Oakland. Kym. Kemp.
  18. Web site: CEC Jack Mc Namara FLD Airport (CEC/KCEC).
  19. Web site: 2008 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports with Enplanements (by State). December 18, 2009. CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. PDF, 1.0 MB.
  20. Web site: 2009 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State). November 23, 2010. CY 2009 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. PDF, 891 KB.
  21. Web site: 2010 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State). October 4, 2011. CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. PDF, 189 KB.
  22. Web site: 2011 Enplanements at Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State). October 9, 2012. CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration.
  23. Web site: 2012 Enplanements at All Airports (Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation) by State and Airport. October 31, 2013. CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration.
  24. Web site: All Airports with CY 2013 Enplanements. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020024545/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy13-all-enplanements.pdf . 2014-10-20 . May 25, 2020.
  25. Web site: Calendar Year 2014 Enplanements by State. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701190855/http://www.faa.gov:80/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy14-all-enplanements.pdf . 2015-07-01 .
  26. Web site: Calendar Year 2015 Enplanements by State. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927121614/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy15-all-enplanements.pdf . 2016-09-27 .
  27. Web site: Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032959/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy16-all-enplanements.pdf . 2017-12-01 .
  28. Web site: Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082115/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy17-all-enplanements.pdf . 2018-10-17 .
  29. Web site: Calendar Year 2016 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191017132654/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy18-all-enplanements.pdf . 2019-10-17 .

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