El Mirage Field

El Mirage Field is a private airport located 3 miles west of El Mirage, California. It is leased by General Atomics of San Diego. Its primary use is the development and testing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the United States military and US Government.

El Mirage Field Adelanto Airport Mirage Auxiliary Airfield
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 99CL
Summary
Serves	El Mirage, California
Coordinates	34°37′24″N 117°35′59″W
Map
99CL Location of El Mirage Field
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 3,700 1,128 Asphalt (closed) 16/34 3,700 1,128 Asphalt (closed) 08/26 6,386 1,946 Asphalt

El Mirage Field, has a sister site located at Grey Butte Field Airport.

History

Main article: Mirage Auxiliary Airfield history

During World War II, the airport was designated as Mirage Auxiliary Airfield (No 3), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Victorville Army Airfield, California.

The wartime runways are abandoned and now used by General Atomics for their UAV testing.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields