Amedee Army Airfield is a military use airport

Airport

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 located nine nautical miles (17 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Herlong

Herlong, California

Herlong is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California. It is located north of Doyle, at an elevation of 4114 feet . Herlong is located in southern Lassen County near the southeast edge of Honey Lake about north of Reno, Nevada, and about south of Susanville. The community is...

, in Lassen County

Lassen County, California

Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,895, up from 33,828 at the 2000 census...

, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the United States Army

United States Army

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 and located at the Sierra Army Depot

Sierra Army Depot

Sierra Army Depot is a United States Army post located near the unincorporated city of Herlong, California northwest of Reno, NV and southeast of Susanville, CA. Sierra Army Depot is in the highest desert plain east of the Sierra Nevada mountains at an elevation of . The high desert plain is only...

 in the Honey Lake

Honey Lake

Honey Lake is an endorheic sink within the Honey Lake Valley located in northeastern California, near the Nevada border. Summer evaporation reduces the lake to a lower level of 12 km² and creates an alkali flat....

 Valley, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

History

The airfield was built by the United States Army Air Force about 1942, and was known as Amedee Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. After World War II

World War II

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, the airfield was retained by the Army, and is used as part of the Sierra Army Depot. It was also known as Honey Lake Flight Strip.

Facilities

Amedee AAF has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 8/26 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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surface measuring 10,000 by 150 feet (3,048 x 46 m).

External links

• Sierra Army Depot