Kern County Airport
Shafter Airport, also known as Minter Field and formerly known as Air Corps Basic Flying School, is a public use airport located four nautical miles east of the central business district of Shafter and 14 miles northwest of Bakersfield, a city in Kern County, California, United States.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “KMIT”, “Minter Field”, “MIT”, “Shafter - Minter Field”, “Shafter / Kern County Airport”, “Shafter Airport”, “Shafter-Minter Field Airport”, and “شیفٹر ہوائی اڈا”
- Address: CA
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minter Village and Cawelo.
Kern County Airport
- Categories: airport and transport
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.50603° or 35° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
-119.19202° or 119° 11′ 31″ west
Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)
Operator
Minter Field Airport District
IATA airport code
MIT
ICAO airport code
KMIT
FAA airport code
MIT
Open location code
8572GR45+C5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Urdu—“Kern County Airport” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار شافتر”
- French: “aérodrome de Shafter-Minter Field”
- French: “Aérodrome de Shafter-Minter Field”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شافتر”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Shafter”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шофтр”
- Urdu: “لرڈو فیلڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dow and Slater.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Minter Field Air Museum and Plant Health and Pest Prevention Service Integrated Pest Control Branch.
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Worth a closer look: Bakersfield and Ridgecrest.
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