Merced Regional Macready Field

Merced Regional Macready Field (KMCE) is a medium airport in Merced, CA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KMCE or IATA code MCE. It sits in North America.

Merced Regional Macready Field is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 5,914 ft (1,803 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Merced Regional Macready Field sits near sea level at 155 ft.

Local operations run on America/Los_Angeles. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 1 departing and 1 arriving private-jet legs at KMCE across the next six months of operator inventory. 1 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KMCE are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Merced Yosemite Regional Airport is located two miles (3.2 km) southwest of Merced, in Merced County, California. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a Commercial Service – Nonprimary airport. Commercial passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.