MCAS El Toro
Airfield Identification
4 November 1942 to 2 July 1999
United States of America
CITY: Irvine, CA
IATA/ICAO CODES: NZJ / KNZJ
OTHER NAMES: MCAS El Toro
Commando Operations
MCAS El Toro was built in 1942 over former bean fields. By the end of the war, it had become the largest Marine Corps station on the West Coast. MCAS El Toro closed down in 1999.
Units & operators based
Marine Aircraft Group 33 (January 1946 to July 1950)
Last edited: 29/12/2018