KMIT
Shafter Airport – Minter Field
VFR
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Name
Shafter Airport – Minter Field
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KMIT / MIT / KMIT
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- Region
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Timezone
9:58 pm (PST)
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Municipality
Shafter
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Coordinates
35° 30′ 26″ N 119° 11′ 31″ E
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Elevation
424 ft (129 m MSL)
About Shafter Airport – Minter Field
Shafter Airport (IATA: MIT, ICAO: KMIT, FAA LID: MIT), also known as Minter Field and formerly known as Air Corps Basic Flying School, is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of the central business district of Shafter and 14 miles northwest of Bakersfield, a city in Kern County, California, United States. Originally a World War II primary training facility for pilots, it is currently a public airport owned by the Minter Field Airport District. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.