# Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE / KMCE)

**Merced Regional Macready Field** (IATA: MCE, ICAO: KMCE) is a medium airport in Merced, California, United States. It opened in 1932. It has one runway, 5,914 ft (1,803 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 10 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmce

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MCE / KMCE
- FAA: MCE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Merced, California, United States
- Opened: 1932
- Elevation: 155 ft / 47 m
- Coordinates: 37.2847, -120.5140
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,914 ft / 1,803 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 9,703 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://flymercedairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merced_Regional_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651720
- Weather station: KMCE
- Ident: KMCE

## Timeline

- 1932: Merced Regional Macready Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 5,914 ft / 1,803 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 18,816 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 16,413 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 14,429 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 13,494 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 8,944 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 10,533 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 6,700 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,402 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 9,576 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 9,703 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 260 mi / 418 km · Contour Airlines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 308 mi / 496 km · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MCE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10K (2025) | #2,706 of 3,974 | #660 in North America | #463 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,914 ft / 1,803 m | #4,801 of 29,858 | #1,431 in North America | #1,126 in US |
| Elevation | 155 ft / 47 m | #35,140 of 43,403 | #15,982 in North America | #13,422 in US |
| Age | Opened 1932 | =486 of 15,079 | =113 in North America | =99 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NORCAL APP/DEP | 120.950 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.175 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [MER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmer.md) Castle Airport · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [MOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmod.md) Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field · 34 mi / 54 km
- [FAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfat.md) Fresno Yosemite International Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [SCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksck.md) Stockton Metropolitan Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [NLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knlc.md) Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) Airport · 73 mi / 117 km
- [SNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksns.md) Salinas Municipal Airport · 74 mi / 119 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Merced Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merced_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363058581), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmce/data