Gray Butte Field Airport Gray Butte Auxiliary Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Palmdale, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,028 ft / 923 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′59″N 117°40′13″W / 34.56639°N 117.67028°W | ||||||||||
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Gray Butte Field Airport is a private airport located 25 miles east of Palmdale, California. It is owned 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 the United States Government.
Gray Butte Field Airport, has a sister site located at El Mirage Field.
Aircraft known to have been operated and developed at this facility include:
- General Atomics Avenger
- General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
- Predator B
- Predator XP
- Gray Eagle
- Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER)
- MQ-9B
- General Atomics XQ-67A