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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | |||||||||||||
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Yuma, Arizona in the United States | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°39′24″N 114°36′22″W / 32.65667°N 114.60611°W | ||||||||||||
Type | Marine Corps Air Station | ||||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||||||
Operator | US Marine Corps | ||||||||||||
Controlled by | 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||||||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||||
Built | 1928 | (as Fly Field)||||||||||||
In use | 1959 – present (by Marine Corps) | ||||||||||||
Garrison information | |||||||||||||
Current commander | Colonel Charles E. Dudik | ||||||||||||
Garrison | Marine Aircraft Group 13 | ||||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||||
Identifiers | IATA: YUM, ICAO: KNYL, FAA LID: NYL, WMO: 699604 | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 64.9 metres (213 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||||
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Other airfield facilities | 5x V/STOL pad | ||||||||||||
Airfield shared with Yuma International Airport. Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma (ICAO: KNYL, FAA LID: NYL) is a United States Marine Corps air station in Arizona. It is the home of multiple squadrons of F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401), an air combat adversary squadron of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps Reserve. It is a designated Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants, including asbestos.
The station is 2 miles (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) from the city of Yuma, Arizona. A joint use civilian-military airport, MCAS Yuma shares airfield facilities with Yuma International Airport and occupies approximately 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), most of which is flat desert.