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Redding Municipal Airport is six miles (10 km) southeast of Redding in Shasta County, California.〔 It is one of two airports in Redding, the other being Benton Airpark.〔(City of Redding: Airports Division )〕 The airport is used for general aviation, but sees one airline. ==History== In 1942 the site of Redding Army Airfield was acquired by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the United States Army Air Forces. Initially Redding AAF was a sub-base for Chico AAF and garrisoned by the 433d Army Air Force Base Unit. It was under IV Fighter Command at Hamiltion AAF. The mission of Redding Army Airfield was advanced flight training of new airmen prior to their deployment overseas into the combat zones of the Pacific, China, Mediterranean or European Theaters. The USAAF 339th Fighter Squadron, 369th Fighter Group operated P-39 Airacobras from the airfield to perform that mission. On 1 November 1944 control of Redding AAF was transferred from the Fourth Air Force to the Sacramento Area Command of the Army Air Forces’ Air Technical Service Command headquartered at McClellan Army Airfield near Sacramento. The host unit was redesignated as the 4191st Army Air Force Base Unit. The mission was changed from training air crews to that of a refueling and maintenance facility for transient aircraft. Redding AAF was sporadically used by the Army Air Forces’ Air Transport Command as a refueling and service stop. On 19 December 1945 the military declared Redding AAF excess and on 18 November 1946 it was turned over to the City of Redding for a civil airfield. Final transfer of the facility was in 1949, ending military ownership. Today the City of Redding continues to operate the airport and has started a major commercial development.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The California State Military Museum )〕 Redding has had scheduled jet flights on four airlines. Hughes Airwest (previously Air West) flew Douglas DC-9s to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle. Frontier Boeing 737-200s flew to Denver via Sacramento. United Airlines flew Boeing 737-200s nonstop and direct to San Francisco for a few years starting in 1983. Pacific Express BAC One-Elevens flew nonstop to San Francisco and on to Los Angeles and Portland. In addition, American Eagle turboprops operating for American Airlines flew nonstop to San Jose, San Francisco, Eureka/Arcata, and Klamath Falls until late 1993. On July 17, 2008 President George Bush and staff landed at Redding in Air Force One. The trip was to allow the president to see the damage done by wildfires. SkyWest operating as United Express now has the only scheduled passenger flights at Redding Municipal, Canadair CRJ-200s to San Francisco.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Airlines U.S. Route Map 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Redding Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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