US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles
District History (1993)
Neither the War or Navy Departments were
known to have acquired nor have had any controlling interest
in Shafter-Kern County Airport. The airport, located within 620.07
acres of land owned by Kern County Land Company, was part of
Kern County's system of public airports and airfields from 1941
through at least 1945. The site has been privately owned since
the end of World War II. Real estate records were neither specific
nor complete.
The airport was infrequently used by the public until the end
of World War II. During World War II, the airport was used at
least once for emergency landing by Army Air Corps pilots in
training at Minter
Field. The Army or Navy is not known to have constructed
any facilities at the site.
No Federal disposal actions were necessary. The airport fell
into disuse after World War II and since 1950 has been under
cultivation. The site is currently privately owned and under
cultivation as a walnut grove.
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