Eagle Field is a privately owned, private use airport in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) southwest of the central business district of Dos Palos, a city in neighboring Merced County.HistoryIt was first activated on June 24, 1943 as United States Army Air Forces primary pilot training airfield known as Dos Palos Airport. It was assigned to the USAAF West Coast Training Center, operated under contract by Coast Aviation Corp. The airport had three turf runways, aligned 00/18 ; 09/27, and 13/31 . It had several satellite airfields in the local area for emergency and overflow landings. Hammond Auxiliary Field Vail Auxiliary Field Dos Palos Emergency Field Canal Field Auxiliary Field Mason Auxiliary Field Flying training was performed with Ryan PT-22s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. It was inactivated on December 28, 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers.The base was then used as an aircraft storage depot for excess USAAF training aircraft, having UC-78s, PT-17s, Vultee BT-13/15, and AT-6 Texans. Eventually it was discharged to the War Assets Administration and was used as a crop dusting airfield. After the war, the City of Dos Palos briefly operated a golf course on the site before the property reverted to the federal government. In 1980 it was put up for auction.
