Brackett Field

Infobox Airport
name = Brackett Field
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IATA = POC
ICAO = KPOC
type = Public
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operator = County of Los Angeles
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location = La Verne, California
elevation-f = 1,011
elevation-m = 308.2
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r1-number = 8L/26R
r1-length-f = 3,661
r1-length-m = 1,116
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 8R/26L
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r2-length-m = 1,475
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Brackett Field Airport codes|POC|KPOC is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southwest of La Verne, in Los Angeles County, California, USA. It was named after Dr. Frank Parkhurst Brackett (1865-1951).

History

Brackett, located only a few miles from the studios in Hollywood, California, has been used for location filming of scenes for a number of TV series and movies. These include "Wings of Fire," "Airport 1975," "Spencer's Pilots" (CBS, 1974 - 1975) "The Tim Conway Show" and others.

Actor Kent McCord worked for a Fixed Base Operator on the north side of Brackett in the late 1950s.

The field was also the starting point of the Powder Puff Derby in 1974.

Brackett originally had only one runway (26 / 8), which was paved and had paved taxiways, one on each side. The control tower was build in the late 1960s. In the 1980s, increased traffic (due to the loss of other general aviation airports in the area to urban encroachment) led to the northern taxiway being replaced by a second runway (26R / 8L), which forced the relocation of the control tower a few feet to the north.

Most of the development of the field prior to the 1980s was on the south side, where the Administration Building ("Ad Building") is located. These developments included a Cessna dealership, flying schools and other facilities such as the first metal hangars on the field.

A large, wooden hangar was built on the north side of the field, to house such operations as a Piper dealership and aircraft repair. The hangar burned down circa 1960, was rebuilt, then burned down again about 10 years later, was again rebuilt, then demolished a few years after that to make way for more modern facilities.

Since the 1960s, Brackett has been the home base of Civil Air Patrol Squadron 64.

External links

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* [http://www.whpsafety.org/jantojunenewsletters.html Whiteman Airport Association Newsletter]