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By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent Sierra Academy of Aeronautics will continue operating at Castle Airport at least through the next 18 months after the Merced County Board of Supervisors recently approved two lease agreements for facilities at Castle Airport. Sierra’s owner and chief executive officer Chen “Eric” Zhao addressed…

By ROBIN SHEPARD Times Correspondent While not wholly impossible, the prospects of robust, top-tier air cargo operations at Castle…

The Castle Airfest & Family Fun Day will return to Castle Airport on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Residents and visitors are…

Castle Airport is slated to receive more than $200,000 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for critical airport improvements. The funding, distributed through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will support three key projects at Castle Airport: • Rotating Beacon Replacement — $47,500 •…

The last of three parts “They’ve already been out here,” said Alex Perl, technology and operations manager for Sierra Academy of Aeronautics.…

The second of three parts Jeff Sweet was Castle Airport manager for just under a year between March 2022 and February 2023. With a 35-year career in…

This week, The Times is launching a three-part investigative series with one overriding question: What is the future of aviation at Castle Airport? For a community resource long thought to be a potential major driver of economic activity in Merced County, the airport has yet to experience the kind of transformative progress that was hoped for…