McGrath Army Airbase

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 / 62.95278°N 155.60694°W / 62.95278; -155.60694Coordinates: 62°57′10″N 155°36′25″W / 62.95278°N 155.60694°W / 62.95278; -155.60694
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

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]

See also

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

References

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

USAAF Eleventh Air Force in World War II
Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942)
Bases	Combat Airfields Adak/Davis Alexai Point Amchitka Elmendorf Fort Glenn Fort Morrow Fort Randall Shemya Support Airfields Annette Island Cordova Gakona Juneau Kiska Ogliuga Island Yakutat Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route (xfr to 11AF 1945) Bethel Big Delta Galena Gambell Ladd McGrath Marks Mile 26 Moses Point Naknek Northway Tanacross
Units	Commands XI Bomber XI Fighter Groups Bombardment 28th Bombardment Fighter 343d Fighter
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