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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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”, and “Shafter-Minter Field Airport”
- Address: CA
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minter Village and Cawelo.
Minter Village
Hamlet
Minter Village is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 13 miles northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 423 feet.
Cawelo
Locality
Cawelo is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad at an elevation of 427 feet. Cawelo is approximately 2 miles east of Shafter-Minter Field, 6.5 miles east of central Shafter, and 13 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
Lerdo
Locality
Lerdo is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 12 miles northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 417 feet. A post office operated at Lerdo from 1890 to 1894.
Kern County Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.50603° or 35° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-119.19202° or 119° 11′ 31″ westElevation
423 feet (129 metres)Operator
Minter Field Airport DistrictIATA airport code
MITICAO airport code
KMITFAA airport code
MITOpen location code
8572GR45+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 175370319OpenStreetMap 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”
- French: “MIT”
- Indonesian: “KMIT”
- Indonesian: “MIT”
- Persian: “KMIT”
- Persian: “MIT”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شافتر”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Shafter”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шофтр”
- Urdu: “لرڈو فیلڈ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minter Field Air Museum and Plant Health and Pest Prevention Service Integrated Pest Control Branch.
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