| Year |
|
Take-offs and landings per year |
| 1844 |
Granted by Govenor Micheltorena (Mexican Republic) to
Ynigo, an American
Indian |
|
| 1930 |
Local citizens raised $476,066 to buy 1,000 acres of
wetlands |
|
| 1931 |
Site sold to Federal government for $1 |
|
| 1933 |
Sunnyvale Naval Air Station opens |
|
| 1939 |
Ames Research
Center opens |
|
| 1953 |
Navy plans Moffett jet expansion.
Communities oppose noise.
|
|
| 1956 |
Lockheed locates facility adjacent to Moffett |
|
| 1959 |
 Air Force opens Onizuka Air Station, satellite control
facility
- Following a crash, Navy moves jets from
Moffett
- Mountain View and Sunnyvale fail in
attempts to annex
Moffett
|
|
| 1980 |
California Air
National Guard 129th Rescue Wing locates at Moffett |
|
| 1988 |
EPA plans cleanup of
Moffett toxics |
|
| 1990 |
- Peak Navy use
- Moffett considered
for base closure
- Citizens suggest redevelopment
alternatives
- Sunnyvale and NASA make secret
redevelopment plan
|
89,000 |
| 1991 |
- Base Realignment and Closure Commission
recommends closing
Naval Air Station
- NASA, Lockheed, and local industry lobby to keep airfield
open
- San Jose considers Moffett for general
aviation and
air cargo
- Committee of
Sunnyvale, Mountain View, NASA, and industry
meet behind closed doors and
decide to transfer Moffett Field to NASA
|
76,000 |
| 1992 |
- Sunnyvale and Mountain View vote against general aviation
and
air cargo
- San Jose suspends its' plans for Moffett
- Navy agrees to transfer Moffett Field to
NASA
|
|
| 1993 |
Navy Reserve units
locate at Moffett |
35,000 |
| 1994 |
- Naval Air Station closes. NASA takes
control of Moffett
- Army Reserve units locate at
Moffett
|
31,000 |
| 1995 |
- NASA budget is cut. NASA proposes to move Ames' aircraft
to
Dryden
- San Jose
proposes using Moffett
for general aviation
- Air cargo proposed
|
24,000 |
| 1996 |
- NASA releases environmental report
- Public opposition puts air
cargo "on hold"
- Mountain View votes over 2 to 1 against
air cargo and
commercial aviation
- Community Advisory
Committee formed
|
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