Le Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ou MCAS Yuma ( IATA : YUM , ICAO : KNYL , FAA LID : NYL), est une base aérienne du Corps des Marines des États-Unis située à Yuma, en Arizona. La station est à 3,2 km de la ville de Yuma. L'aéroport civil et militaire est à usage conjoint.
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Southwest Airlines Flight 812 was a domestic flight from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona to Sacramento International Airport in Sacramento, California operated by a Boeing 737-300 passenger jet. On April 1, 2011, the flight suffered rapid depressurization while cruising at 34,000 ft near Yuma, Arizona, leading to an emergency landing at Yuma International Airport. Two of the 122 people on board suffered minor injuries.
The depressurization was caused by the structural failure of the fuselage skin, which produced a hole approximately 60 inches long on the upper fuselage. The NTSB investigation revealed evidence of pre-existing metal fatigue, and determined the probable cause of the incident to be related to an error in the manufacturing process for joining fuselage crown skin panels.
The incident was the second of this type in less than two years, following the structural failure of Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 in 2009, and led to the FAA increasing the inspection rate of certain airframes.
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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station in Yuma, Arizona. It is the home of multiple squadrons of F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, an air combat adversary squadron of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps Reserve. It is a designated Superfund site due to a number of soil and groundwater contaminants, including asbestos.
The station is 2 miles from the city center of Yuma. A joint use civilian-military airport, MCAS Yuma shares airfield facilities with Yuma International Airport and occupies approximately 3,000 acres, most of which is flat desert. MCAS Yuma also operates an auxiliary airfield on the Barry M. Goldwater Range.
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Yuma International Airport is a joint use airport with civilian and military flight activity operated in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps via the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The airfield is located 3.5 miles south of the central business district of Yuma, a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States, and 150 miles east of San Diego International Airport. It is mostly used for military aviation, but is also served by 4 commercial airlines and 2 aeromedical Medevac companies as well as being used for general aviation activities.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned NYL by the FAA and YUM by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KNYL.
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Desert Sun Stadium is a converted soccer-specific stadium in Yuma, Arizona, originally built for baseball. It was the spring training home of the San Diego Padres from 1970 through 1993, the North American League's Yuma Scorpions minor league baseball team, the Arizona Winter League, and the Arizona Summer League. The stadium serves as the main field of the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex.
The stadium was built for the 1970 spring training season using a 2% hospitality tax and $100,000 in bonds. The Padres started training in Yuma in 1969 but trained at Keegan Field, on 24th Street, while the new ballpark was being built. The first game was March 6, 1970, with Arizona governor Jack Williams throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
The stadium was expanded again in 1984.
In 2015, Desert Sun Stadium was converted to a soccer stadium by OneGoal LLC, an organization that paid for the $15,000 conversion fee. Frontera United had played at Desert Sun Stadium from 2015 to 2017. WWE Wrestling occasionally makes a stop at the complex.
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Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 census population of 93,064.
Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2020 estimated population of the Yuma MSA is 203,247. According to Guinness World Records, Yuma is the "Sunniest City on Earth", promising "sunshine and warm weather at least 91% of the year." Anywhere from 70,000 to over 85,000 out-of-state visitors make Yuma their winter residence.
Yuma's weather also makes it an agricultural powerhouse, growing over 175 types of crops, the largest of which is lettuce. Colloquially known by many as "The Winter Lettuce Capital of The World", Yuma County provides 90% of all leafy vegetables grown from November to March in the United States. Yuma is also known for its large military population due to several military bases, including the Marine Corps Air Station.
Yuma is in the state's southwestern corner, in the Sonoran Desert, Yuma Desert sub-region.
Le MCAS Yuma partage des installations d'aérodrome avec Yuma International Airport (en) et occupe environ 1 200 ha, dont la majeure partie est un désert plat.