Hemet-Ryan Airport Ryan Field | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | County of Riverside | ||||||||||||||
Operator | County of Riverside | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Hemet, California | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,512 ft / 461 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°44′02″N 117°01′21″W / 33.73389°N 117.02250°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | rchmtra.com | ||||||||||||||
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Hemet-Ryan Airport (IATA: HMT, ICAO: KHMT, FAA LID: HMT) is three miles (6 km) southwest of Hemet, in Riverside County, California.[1]
Hemet-Ryan is a main Cal Fire Air Attack Base, also used for civil purposes, Civil Air Patrol meetings, and more. It is home to a Riverside County Sheriff's Office aviation unit and a Mercy Air air ambulance. The airport is named after the late T. Claude Ryan.