Aviation View | April 2021

65 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 FRESNO YOSEMI TE INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT Chandler Executive Airport. Commercial airline services moved from there to Fresno Air Terminal by 1948, after the War Assets Administration transferred Hammer Airfield to the City of Fresno. From 1950 to 1960, the City of Fresno saw its population increase by nearly 50 percent and it has experienced double digit population growth nearly every decade since. The city is also located in one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions. An estimated $17 billion worth of crops are grown in California’s central valley annually, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. About one-fourth of the nation’s food comes from the region. The airport also serves as the gateway to three of the country’s most visited National Parks: Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon. And there’s not much competition nearby. The closest commercial airport is in San Jose, a drive of at least two and a half hours. San Francisco International Airport is more than three hours away and Los Angeles Main lobby Circulation – Sequoia/Yosemite National Park sense of place 917-stall, four-level parking structure under construction