# El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, United States

**El Toro Marine Corps Air Station** was an airport in Santa Ana, California, United States. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1999. It had 5 runways; the longest was 10,000 ft (3,048 m). It was operated by United States Marine Corps.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-11966

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: United States Marine Corps
- Serves: Santa Ana, California, United States
- Opened: 1942
- Closed: 1999
- Elevation: 383 ft / 117 m
- Coordinates: 33.6761, -117.7310
- Runways: 5
- Longest runway: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_El_Toro (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031385
- Weather station: KSNA
- Ident: US-11966

## Timeline

- 1942: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station opens.
- 25 Jun 1965: Q18398539.
- 1999: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16L/34R | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete |  |  |
| 16R/34L | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete |  |  |
| 07L/25R | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  |  |
| 07R/25L | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  |  |
| 03/21 | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | 250 ft / 76 m | Asphalt |  |  |

- 07L/25R slopes 1.6%: threshold 07L at 259 ft / 79 m, threshold 25R at 383 ft / 117 m.
- 07R/25L slopes 1.5%: threshold 07R at 255 ft / 78 m, threshold 25L at 377 ft / 115 m.
- 03/21 slopes 1.7%: threshold 03 at 252 ft / 77 m, threshold 21 at 320 ft / 98 m.

## Nearby airports

- [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 20 mi / 32 km
- [RAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kral.md) Riverside Municipal Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [LGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb.md) Long Beach International Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [RIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriv.md) March Air Reserve Base · 31 mi / 49 km

## Sources

- [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/us-11966/data