Merced Yosemite Regional
MCE · KMCE · Merced, California · Merced County · map
Merced Yosemite Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Merced, 2 miles southwest of Merced, California, 155 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,914 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 39 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 58,650 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4,720 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Merced Yosemite Regional?
Its FAA code is MCE, and its ICAO code is KMCE.
Where is Merced Yosemite Regional?
It is 2 miles southwest of Merced, California, 155 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Merced Yosemite Regional?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,914 feet long, asphalt.
Does Merced Yosemite Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Merced Yosemite Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Merced Yosemite Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Harry Reid International, Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal, Los Angeles International, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), Las Vegas. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Merced Yosemite Regional?
5 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Merced Yosemite Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MCE · ICAO KMCE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Merced
- Elevation
- 155 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1928
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,914 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 20 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), power line 42 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.95 | |
| Mce and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 209-381-0926.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Castle Airport (6 nm northwest), Los Banos Municipal (22 nm southwest), Madera Municipal (26 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B 24 hours prior permission required
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 12; PAPI runway 30; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency; key 7 clicks high, 5 clicks med, 3 clicks low. VASI runway 12 oper continuously.
- Supplemental wind sock for runway 30 not available.
- 24 hours
- Noise abatement procedures in effect, recommend aircraft remain east/west of city of Merced at altitude above 1,500 feet above sea level. Departing traffic runway 12 no left turns over city until reaching 3,000 feet above sea level.
- Runway 30 preferred wind runway.
- Be alert for extensive student training within 10 nmr of airport. TWO-WAY radio communication recommended.
- Incrd seagull act on runway in puddles.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,154 departures from MCE in those twelve months, carrying 6,566 passengers in 11,153 seats (59% filled), to 8 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 8 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 37 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 58,650, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3,500 |
| air taxi and commuter | 300 |
| general aviation, travelling | 32,770 |
| general aviation, local | 21,880 |
| military | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Merced from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Merced, California: 23 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 drones, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Merced, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Gateway Air Center INC Gateway Air Center is an FBO and aircraft maintenance facility at Merced Regional Airport in California.
Repair stations in Merced:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Scott Richard Siemiller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winton, CA (9 nm) · (209) 201-2866 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Sebastian Cobb private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Inclusive Aviation in the main Terminal · Columbia, CA (45 nm) · (209) 480-6207 · [email protected]
- James Eric Brannan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (49 nm) · (559) 970-8147 · [email protected]
- Jimmy Louis Shamp private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (49 nm) · (559) 779-4406 · [email protected]
- Margaret Watt private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hollister, CA (49 nm) · (209) 321-8108 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Merced 37 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 drones
- Gateway Air Center INC 4 aircraft in town
- Merced County Mosquito Abatement District 3 aircraft in town
- Gateway Air Center INC 4 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Tdl Aero Enterprises · repair station
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 559 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) 538 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 35 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (LGB) 11 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Las Vegas (HSH) 5 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Jack MC Namara Field (CEC) 3 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Merced Yosemite Regional (MCE) 2 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MCE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.