Merced Regional Macready Field — Merced, United States

MCE is Merced Regional Macready Field, serving Merced in California's Central Valley. The airport is named for Air Force pilot John Macready, who set early aviation altitude and distance records in the 1920s, and it reflects the region's historical ties to military aviation through nearby Castle Air Force Base. Today MCE supports limited scheduled commercial flights along with general aviation, agricultural aircraft operations, and flight training, serving a farming region known for almonds, dairy, and other Central Valley agriculture. Merced is also a gateway city for visitors heading to Yosemite National Park, and MCE occasionally factors into travel plans for that route, though most Yosemite visitors still fly into Fresno or the Bay Area instead.