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647:35°44′37″N
623: (
601:35°38′28″N
577: (
555:35°42′36″N
548:(No. 2) –
528: (
506:35°37′12″N
419:facility.
150:35°30′21″N
46:orthophoto
1460:Navigator
1138:April 20,
947:surface.
929:elevation
781:(No.7) –
732:(No.6) –
686:(No.5) –
594:(No.3) –
499:(No.1) –
286:Concrete
243:Direction
1225:57007862
1211:29991467
1207:71006954
974:See also
945:concrete
413:it as a
325:Source:
272:Asphalt
250:Surface
1455:Gunnery
1323:AirNav
941:asphalt
937:runways
423:History
391:Shafter
383:airport
247:Length
231:Runways
178:Website
97:Summary
1223:
1205:
1089:
1047:
956:engine
492:were:
307:45,000
280:2,970
277:17/35
269:1,372
266:4,501
263:12/30
118:Serves
105:Public
1297:from
966:, 4%
962:, 7%
958:, 8%
459:Wasco
110:Owner
44:2006
1339:and
1329:ASN
1317:FAA
1299:USGS
1221:OCLC
1203:OCLC
1167:2017
1140:2008
1114:2017
1087:ISBN
1045:ISBN
899:The
821:now
772:now
539:now
360:KMIT
356:ICAO
348:IATA
283:905
130:AMSL
73:KMIT
69:ICAO
58:IATA
42:USGS
1257:KML
1071:PDF
1019:PDF
968:jet
915:at
457:to
389:of
371:MIT
367:LID
364:FAA
352:MIT
315:114
255:ft
213:MIT
188:Map
87:MIT
83:LID
80:FAA
62:MIT
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1227:,
1209:,
1156:.
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1027:^
1003:^
881:,
465:.
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362:,
358::
354:,
350::
258:m
85::
71::
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1380:e
1373:t
1366:v
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