Then we realized we were sinking in to the hot asphalt taxiway that was not built to handle heavy jets. We managed not to run off the runway, but while taxiing back in echelon we kept getting slower and slower. We were not scheduled to land there because the runway was only 5,000 feet or so, but our public affairs officer radioed us about the enthusiastic crowd so we decided to land. There were probably ten or twenty thousand people in Mason City, so it was obvious that they had drawn people from all over the state. We flew over the field for our opening maneuver and it looked like a million people. We flew out of a base around Minneapolis on one of those crystal clear days. As a result an appearance of the Blue Angels was a major event. They didn’t see a lot of Navy planes and in those days didn’t see many military aviators at all. I like the Midwest most because of their enthusiasm. 'Did you have a particular place that you liked to perform? A remodeled farmhouse was used as the first commercial terminal during the airport dedication on June 22, 1946.We recently came across this interview with a former Blue Angel pilot from the late 1950s, Bob Rasmussen. The airport consisted of two paved runways, associated taxiways, and a small ramp area. The new Mason City Municipal Airport saw its first official landing a few years later on March 29, 1945. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.HistoryOn February 2, 1942, Mason City passed a resolution to create a new airport and purchased 312 acres several miles west of the city. It is primarily used for general aviation, although it has commercial service subsidized through the Essential Air Service (EAS) program.According to the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 11,678 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 11,076 in 2009, and 13,852 in 2010.

It is located in the northern part of Lake Township, just east of the city of Clear Lake. Mason City Municipal Airport is a city owned, public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Mason City, in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.

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