Mammoth Yosemite Airport

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The airport covers {{convert|230|acre|lk=on}} at an elevation of {{convert|7135|ft}}. Its one runway, 9/27, is {{convert|7,000|by|100|ft}} asphalt.

In 2010 the airport had 8,285 aircraft operations, average 22 per day: 68% general aviation, 20% air taxi, 12% airline, and <1% military. Three aircraft were then based at this airport, all single-engine.

Mammoth Yosemite Airport has a terminal development master plan that will expand operations and will be able to accommodate bigger aircraft. The new terminal facilities will include a new terminal building itself, an airline parking apron, a deicing apron, access roads, automobile parking facilities, maintenance facilities, and airport offices.{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/3961|title=Mammoth Yosemite Airport Terminal Area Development Plan|date=August 2013}}

Trans Sierra Airlines, a commuter air carrier, was serving the airport in 1971 with four daily flights to Los Angeles (LAX) and two daily flights to San Jose (SJC) operated with Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft.http://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, Dec. 1, 1971 Trans Sierra Airlines timetable Trans Sierra then changed its name to Sierra Pacific Airlines, which in 1972 was operating 44-passenger seat Convair 440 propliner service to Los Angeles (LAX) and Burbank (BUR).http://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, 1972 Sierra Pacific Airlines timetable By the mid-1970s, Sierra Pacific Airlines was operating nonstop flights to Los Angeles (LAX), Las Vegas (LAS), Reno (RNO) and Fresno (FAT) as well as one-stop direct service to Burbank (BUR) with Convair 580 turboprops and Handley Page Jetstream commuter propjets.Feb. 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Mammoth Lakes flight scheduleshttp://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, Nov. 22, 1976 Sierra Pacific Airlines timetable Some Sierra Pacific flights made an intermediate stop at the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport located in nearby Bishop while en route to other destinations. Sierra Pacific had ceased all service into the airport by the end of 1979.http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Los Angeles-Mammoth Lakes flight schedules

In 1980 and 1981, Air Sierra was flying nonstop to Fresno (FAT) with continuing direct service to Lake Tahoe (TVL) with Piper Navajo twin prop aircraft.http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Aug. 15, 1980 Air Sierra route map & April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Fresno flight schedules Also in 1981, Wings West Airlines operating as an independent commuter air carrier was operating nonstop flights to Santa Monica (SMO), Oakland (OAK) and Sacramento (SMF) with Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft.http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, April 1, 1981 Wings West Airlines route map Wings West then ceased serving Mammoth Lakes and subsequently became an American Eagle Airlines affiliate in California. By 1983, Mojave Airlines was operating flights to Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN), Ontario (ONT), Inyokern (IYK) and Fox Field (WJF) in Lancaster with Beechcraft C99 turboprops.http://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, 1983 Mojave Airlines timetable In 1985, Alpha Air flying as an independent commuter airline was operating nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX) with Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft.http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Los Angeles-Mammoth Lakes flight schedules

By the late 1980s, Alpha Air had introduced Beechcraft 1900C turboprops and was flying nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX), Oakland (OAK) and San Jose (SJC).http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Nov. 18, 1988, Alpha Air route maphttp://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Dec. 15, 1989, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Los Angeles-Mammoth Lakes flight schedules In 1993, Alpha Air added direct service to John Wayne Airport, as well.http://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, May 3, 1993, Alpha Air system timetable Alpha Air then became a Trans World Express air carrier via a code sharing agreement with Trans World Airlines (TWA) and was operating Beechcraft 1900C turboprop service on behalf of TWA nonstop to Los Angeles (LAX) and Burbank (BUR) during the early and mid-1990s.http://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, Dec. 15, 1993, Alpha Air/Trans World Express route maphttp://www.departedflights.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217032916/http://www.departedflights.com/ |date=2007-12-17 }}, April 2, 1995, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Los Angeles-Mammoth Lakes flight schedules Another commuter airline, Sierra Mountain Airways, was operating flights from the airport in the late 1980s with service to Burbank (BUR), Fresno (FAT), Long Beach (LGB), Oakland (OAK), Ontario (ONT) and Reno (RNO) flown with small Beechcraft, Cessna and Rockwell Aero Commander prop aircraft.http://www.timetableimages.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=2001-02-02 }}, Jan. 1, 1988, Sierra Mountain Airways timetable route map

United Airlines served the airport beginning in December 2010, via United Express. Initially service was only provided during winter months. In 2010 this became a year-round service.https://www.townofmammothlakes.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6639/MMH-Apendix-A-Aviaiton-Forecasts-fnl-3_31_17 In December 2021, all of the United Express service moved to nearby Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California, as the airline made a decision that MMH could no longer support scheduled commercial flights because of poor operational reliability primarily due to weather issues.{{cite web | url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g32083-i1871-k13587665-UAL_will_fly_to_Bishop_this_winter_not_Mammoth-Bishop_Inyo_County_California.html | title=UAL will fly to Bishop this winter, not Mammoth - Bishop Forum - Tripadvisor }}

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Advanced Air operates Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft provided by Taos Air on its new seasonal service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.advancedairlines.com/|title=Semi-Private Flights | Private Jet Charter | Advanced Airlines|date=November 15, 2019|website=www.advancedairlines.com}} Previous passenger flights operated by Horizon Air on behalf of its corporate parent Alaska Airlines as well as seasonal United Express service operated by SkyWest Airlines on behalf of United Airlines in addition to service operated by JSX have all been either discontinued or realigned to the new air carrier.{{Cite web|url=http://splash.alaskasworld.com/Newsroom/ASNews/ASstories/AS_20140818_050049.asp|title="Play and Ski" with new Alaska Airlines service between Las Vegas and Mammoth Lakes|website=splash.alaskasworld.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085628/http://splash.alaskasworld.com/Newsroom/ASNews/ASstories/AS_20140818_050049.asp|archive-date=2017-03-15|url-status=dead}}

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