Editing Moses Lake, Washington (section)

===Airport===
[[Larson Air Force Base]], five miles from the city of Moses Lake, originally was named Moses Lake Army Air Base. It was activated on 24 November 1942 as a [[World War II]] training center. Major [[Donald A. Larson]], for whom the base was later renamed, was from Yakima, Washington.

The [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] announced on November 19, 1965, that Larson was to be closed by June of the following year. Larson Air Force Base, since renamed [[Grant County International Airport]], is now a world-class heavy jet training and testing facility used by the Boeing Company, the U.S. military and NASA.<ref>[http://www.portofmoseslake.com/gcia.htm Grant County Int'l Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409021751/http://www.portofmoseslake.com/gcia.htm |date=April 9, 2009}}. Retrieved January 11, 2011.</ref> The airport had hosted Japan's national carrier, [[Japan Airlines]], from 1968 to 2008 for the training of its pilots, co-pilots, and flight engineers due to lack of runway space at airports in Japan to do touch and goes with jumbo jets.<ref>pilots, co-pilots and flight engineers</ref> Columbia Pacific Aviation now handles charter passenger service to and from Moses Lake.<ref>[http://www.iflymoseslake.com/ Columbia Pacific Aviation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726101241/http://www.iflymoseslake.com/ |date=July 26, 2010}}. Retrieved January 11, 2011.</ref> With {{convert|4,700|acre}} and a main runway {{convert|13,500|ft|-1}} long, it is one of the largest airports in the United States.

Moses Lake is also served by the much smaller [[Moses Lake Municipal Airport|municipal airport]], which has one runway.