Welcome to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. You will soon become an integral part of the Marine Corps premier aviation training base, serving along with approximately 5,000 fellow active duty Marines and sailors. With access to 2.8 million acres of bombing and aviation training ranges and superb flying weather, MCAS Yuma supports 80 percent of the Corps air-to ground aviation training.The air station annually hosts about 100 aviation units,bringing an average of 600 aircraft and 14,000 personnel for ongoing training that takes place throughout the year.
The ideal weather and location along the Colorado River make Yuma and the surrounding area an oasis in the southwestern Sonoran Desert. The area offers a variety of recreational opportunities and water sports as well as seasonal hunting and fishing.
Whether you're assigned to the air station or one of the tenant commands, your stay here is sure to be an enjoyable one.
Covering five square miles of southeastern Yuma, the air station is home to a number of tenant units including Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, Marine Aircraft Group 13, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401,Marine Air Control Squadron 1 (Reinforced) and Combat Service Support Detachment 16.
Directions
The main gate is located on Avenue 3E, which has access to Interstate 8. Maps of the air station and the local area are available at the main gate and in the middle of this guidebook. Personnel arriving by commercial airline can telephone the Officer of the Day at (928) 269-2252, using the courtesy phone at Yuma International Airport. The MCAS duty driver will pick them up and give them a ride to the base.
Reporting In
Upon arrival at MCAS Yuma, all personnel will first check in at Station Headquarters,Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Building 980, or phone (928) 269-2252.There they will receive an endorsement letter and report to their individual commands.
Personnel ordered to 3rdMarine Aircraft Wing units based at Yuma who reports Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will check in at the Marine Aircraft Group 13 Headquarters, Building 505, or phone (928) 269-3262.
Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 Marines who reports Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will check in at Building 506, or phone (928) 269-2058.
Those personnel reporting to Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, who reports Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will check in at Building 146, or phone squadron administration at (928) 269-5502.
