McGrath Army Airbase explained

McGrath Army Airbase
Type:Military
Owner:United States Army
City-Served:McGrath, Alaska
Elevation-F:341
Coordinates:62.9528°N -155.6069°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label: McGrath AAB
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:16/34
R1-Length-F:5,936
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:5/23
R2-Length-F:2,000
R2-Surface:Gravel

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.

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]

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  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH AIR FORCE. Eleventh Air Force. 15 September 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150217222506/http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/11thAirForce/html/11thAF_history.htm. 17 February 2015.