Hemet-Ryan Airport

Hemet-Ryan Airport (IATA: HMT, ICAO: KHMT, FAA LID: HMT) is three miles (6 km) southwest of Hemet, in Riverside County, California.

Hemet-Ryan Airport
Ryan Field
2006 USGS photo
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Riverside
OperatorCounty of Riverside
ServesHemet, California
Elevation AMSL1,512 ft / 461 m
Coordinates33°44′02″N 117°01′21″W
Websiterchmtra.com
Map
KHMT
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,314 1,315 Asphalt
4/22 2,045 623 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations75,444
Based aircraft236

Hemet-Ryan is a main Cal Fire Air Attack Base, also used for civil purposes, Civil Air Patrol meetings, and more. It is home to a Riverside County Sheriff's Office aviation unit and a Mercy Air Air ambulance. The airport is named after the late T. Claude Ryan.

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