McClellan Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in California, located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, seven miles northeast of Sacramento. For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClellan was a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies. Initially kno…
McClellan Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in California, located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, seven miles northeast of Sacramento. For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClellan was a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies. Initially known as the Pacific Air Depot and Sacramento Air Depot, in 1939 the base was renamed for Major Hezekiah McClellan, a pioneer in arctic aeronautical tests. Born in 1894, he died on 25 May 1936 when his Consolidated P-30 which he was flight testing crashed near Centerville, Ohio.
Owner: Department of Defense
Built: 1935 (as Pacific Air Depot)
Elevation: 75 feet (23 m) AMSL
Operator: United States Air Force
Condition: Closed
In use: 1935 – 2001
Fate: Airfield became Sacramento McClellan Airport and McClellan Business Park. Partially realigned to US Coast Guard as CGAS Sacramento
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