Facilities and Aircraft
Merced Regional Airport covers an area of 766 acres (310 ha) at an elevation of 155 feet (47 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,914 by 150 feet (1,803 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2012, the airport had 53,250 aircraft operations, an average of 146 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% scheduled commercial, 1% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 65 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter.
Merced Regional Airport also serves as a base for Medi-Flight Northern California, an air ambulance service provided by Mercy Air, a subsidiary of Air Methods. Medi-Flight shuttles critical patients from Mercy Medical Center Merced to hospitals in the Modesto and Fresno areas, as well as responding directly to accident scenes.
Bus connections to Yosemite National Park are available through the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS).
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