Moses Lake WA and the Port of Moses Lake
By Heather Adkinson, Real Estate Agent - Moses Lake
(Windermere K-2 Realty LLC www.propertiesinmoseslake.com)
Moses Lake, WA is home to one of the largest airports in the United States. We were formerly home to the Larson Air Force base before it closed down, which has an incredible history in itself. In 1959 we were home to a three missile launching facility for the ballistic missile program. In 1966 the base was closed down and primarily began to be used for public air traffic. This also lead to the area of town that we term "base housing." Moses Lake, WA international airport has over 4700 acres and covers five runways for public use. The main runway is 13,500 x 200 feet wide and we have also become an alternate landing site for the NASA space shuttle in case of bad weather conditions elsewhere. Currenlty the airport is being used for training for the U.S. military, Japan Airlines, the...
Comments
1