District took over the airport while nearby Hammer Field was being built. Hammer Field opened in June 1942 and all military activity moved there. After the end of the war, Hammer Field was inactivated by the Army Air Forces, and in 1946 the War Assets Administration reallocated the property to the city of Fresno. The now civilian airport re-opened in 1948 as the Fresno Air Terminal (FAT) (it has since been renamed the Fresno Yosemite International Airport). Trans World Airlines (TWA) and United Airlines flights to San Francisco/Oakland and Los Angeles moved from Chandler Field to the newly opened airport. After the move, Chandler Airport was designated as a reliever airport for Fresno Yosemite International Airport and has been marketed as an executive airport located closer to Downtown Fresno. Facilities and aircraft Fresno Chandler Executive Airport covers at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 12/30 that is . For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2017 the airport had 24,885 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. At that time there were 124 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 7% ultralight, 6% multi-engine, 4% helicopter, and 1% jet. See also California World War II Army Airfields References www.airfieldsdatabase.com External links Airports in Fresno County, California San Joaquin Valley Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California