Aerial view of Crow's Landing NAS, 1943.  National Archives photo. 

New Site!   (11/2002) 

Large concrete lot, rumored to be excellent.  It's been a long time since SFR has used it, though. Please consider staying at the Patterson Best Western, as our use is dependent on bringing business to the area.  It's cheap!

Best Western Villa Del LAGO Inn
                  2959 Speno Drive
                  Patterson, CA 95363
                  (209) 892-5300

More information about the field is available at Paul Freeman's Abandoned Airfield Website..

Jim Martin has worked this for this for years -- Thanks, Jim! -- here's his note:

I finally got the OK to have an autox at the old Crows Landing Naval Air
Station.  It only took 9 years of talking to everyone from Congressmen to
local Supervisors.

We get November 9-10 this year and if all goes well we can have about 18
weekends there for any club  next year.  AAS and SCCA will have priority on
dates but there should be plenty of weekends for all clubs.

The tentative plan is for an AAS event on Saturday and SCCA on Sunday with a
great party Saturday night at the local new Best Western hotel .

Continued use of this site depends on our economic impact to the area.  The
only real measure will be how many rooms (discounted to $55- for us) we use
each weekend so I hope everyone can stay at least Saturday night at the
Patterson Best Western.  The hotel has lots of parking.  A nice bar and large
restaurant and banquet room.

Bryan and Jesus are working hard on all of the many details of this event to
make it happen and be a great event for everyone!

                                                                            Jim Martin

Directions:

From North Bay and SF and 580 users (92 miles from San Francisco,
                    87 miles from San Jose), 

• Take I 580 to I5.  Be sure to follow 580 Southward before Tracy, don't take the cutoff to Stockton
• Exit at Patterson, go east 
• Right on HWY 33 and go south
• NAS Entrance is on Hwy 33
• More detailed directions here later...

From South Bay (68 miles from Gilroy, 99 miles from San Jose), 

• Take US 101 to hwy 152 East (at Gilroy). 
• Take I 5 North
• Exit at W. Stuhr Rd., go east 
• Left on Eastin Rd. and go north
• Continue North on Hwy 33 at junction
• NAS Entrance is on Hwy 33
• More detailed directions here later...