Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
Yuma, Arizona in the United States
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's first F-35B Lightning II taxis on the flight-line at MCAS Yuma with an AV-8B Harrier II in the background
MCAS Yuma Location in Arizona Show map of Arizona MCAS Yuma Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Coordinates	32°39′24″N 114°36′22″W / 32.65667°N 114.60611°W / 32.65667; -114.60611
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.mcasyuma.marines.mil
Site history
Built	1928 (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
Runways Direction Length and surface 3L/21R 4,053.8 metres (13,300 ft) concrete 3R/21L 2,816 metres (9,239 ft) asphalt/concrete 8/26 1,873.3 metres (6,146 ft) asphalt/concrete 17/35 1,740.4 metres (5,710 ft) asphalt/concrete
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. MCAS Yuma also operates an auxiliary airfield on the Barry M. Goldwater Range.