| New Jerusalem Airport | |
| Faa: | 1Q4 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Tracy |
| City-Served: | Tracy, California |
| Elevation-M: | 19 |
| Elevation-F: | 62 |
| Coordinates: | 37.6778°N -121.3011°W |
| Pushpin Map: | California |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Label: | 1Q4 |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of New Jerusalem Airport |
| R1-Number: | 12/30 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,076 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,530 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2020 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 2/13/2020) |
| Stat1-Data: | 4,000 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
New Jerusalem Airport is a non-towered, public airport located 7nmi southeast of the central business district of Tracy, a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is owned by the City of Tracy.
New Jerusalem Airport covers an area of 394acres at an elevation of 62feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3530feetby60feetft (byft). A second, parallel runway was built initially but fell into disrepair and is not used by general aviation.
For the 12-month period ending February 13, 2020, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 77 per week. Due to the airport's lack of hangars, there were no aircraft based at this airport as of February 2020.
The airport takes its name from the locale near New Jerusalem Elementary School. In 1874, local pioneer Henry Ebe, whose family were Dunkard Brethren, donated the land for the school, stipulating that it take that name.[2]
During World War II, the airport was designated as New Jerusalem Auxiliary Airfield (No 2), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Stockton Army Airfield, California.
In 1989, the airport was used as a filming location for the Steven Spielberg film Always. Miniature radio-controlled planes were used by Industrial Light and Magic to create special effects for aerial firefighting scenes.[3]
The airport was used in several episodes of the Discovery Channel television show MythBusters, including "Duct Tape Plane".[4]