KSLE
Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field
VFR
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Name
Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KSLE / SLE / KSLE
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- Region
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Timezone
12:38 pm (PST)
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Municipality
Salem
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Coordinates
44° 54′ 34″ N 123° 0′ 10″ W
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Elevation
214 ft (65 m MSL)
About Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field
McNary Field (IATA: SLE, ICAO: KSLE, FAA LID: SLE) (Salem-Willamette Valley Airport, formerly Salem Municipal Airport) is a public-use airport in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The airport is located two miles southeast of downtown Salem, which owns it. The airport is named for U.S. Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, who had died in February 1944, a couple of years after the airport became operational.
McNary Field has had scheduled airline flights, including service on Delta Connection that ended in October 2008. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility based on enplanements in 2008 (more than 10,000 per year). Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 15,205 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase from 12,979 in 2007.
The Oregon Army National Guard - Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) and charter flights also use the facilities.
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