# Castle Airport (MER / KMER)

**Castle Airport** (IATA: MER, ICAO: KMER) is a medium airport in Merced, California, United States. It opened in Jul 1942. It has one runway, 11,802 ft (3,597 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MER / KMER
- FAA: MER
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Merced, California, United States
- Opened: Jul 1942
- Elevation: 190 ft / 58 m
- Coordinates: 37.3805, -120.5680
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 11,802 ft / 3,597 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.flycastleairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1962553
- Weather station: KMER · WMO 72481
- Ident: KMER

## Timeline

- Jul 1942: Castle Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 11,802 ft / 3,597 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00568AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 11,802 ft / 3,597 m | #434 of 29,858 | #101 in North America | #89 in US |
| Elevation | 190 ft / 58 m | =34,221 of 43,403 | =15,626 in North America | =13,144 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 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 |
| AWOS | AWO 3 | 124.475 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.075 |

## Nearby airports

- [MCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmce.md) Merced Regional Macready Field · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [MOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmod.md) Modesto City Co-Harry Sham Field · 27 mi / 44 km
- [SCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksck.md) Stockton Metropolitan Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [FAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfat.md) Fresno Yosemite International Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [SJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjc.md) Mineta San Jose International Airport · 75 mi / 120 km
- [SNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksns.md) Salinas Municipal Airport · 76 mi / 122 km

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kmer/data