page_title: Hourglass Field
hierarchical_section_title: Hourglass Field
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photo of Miramar College and Hourglass Field Community Park with the lost parts of the outline of Hourglass Field superimposed. The outline and the size and positioning of the outline are based on photographs at freeman/CA/Airfields CA SanDiego N.htm#hourglass Abandoned &amp; Little-Known Airfields: California: Northern San Diego Area. The outline was traced from freeman/CA/Hourglass CA 45.jpg this photograph, an overhead-view arial photo on the above page. The scale is based on a length of 2,400 feet for runway 18/36 (the north/south runway). Other evidence of the scale is the alignment of the western edge of runway 18/36 compared with the taxiway leading to Runway 28 at MCAS (NAS) Miramar as seen in freeman/CA/Hourglass Miramar CA 56.jpg this photograph, another aerial photo on the above page. This is compared to the position of the indent of the "hourglass" in the still-visible remains of the runway system. The apparently-still-visible eastern edge of the runway system in freeman/CA/Hourglass CA 00.jpg this photograph, the color aerial photo of Miramar College on the above page is further evidence of the scale and positioning. The original photo was public domain because it was a work by the United States Government. The modified photo is copyright 2006 by Bob DuHamel and licensed under the GFDL.
context_page_description: Hourglass Field was the popular name for an auxiliary landing field operated by the United States Navy before and during World War II in the northern part of San Diego, California. It is remembered as a racetrack in the regional road racing circuit and because a crackdown on unauthorized drag racing there triggered the El Cajon Boulevard Riot. A community college now occupies the site. Its athletics complex and a community park adjacent to the college are named after the airfield.
context_section_description: Hourglass Field was the popular name for an auxiliary landing field operated by the United States Navy before and during World War II in the northern part of San Diego, California. It is remembered as a racetrack in the regional road racing circuit and because a crackdown on unauthorized drag racing there triggered the El Cajon Boulevard Riot. A community college now occupies the site. Its athletics complex and a community park adjacent to the college are named after the airfield.
caption: Aerial photo of Miramar College and Hourglass Field Community Park with the lost parts of the outline of Hourglass Field superimposed.
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