Merced Regional Airport (IATA: MCE, ICAO: KMCE, FAA LID: MCE), also known as MacReady Field, is a city owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Merced, a city in Merced County, California, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also used by one commercial airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,173 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,052 enplanements in 2009, and 2,051 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
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