Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay

40°58′36″N 124°06′40″W / 40.97667°N 124.11111°W / 40.97667; -124.11111

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Humboldt Bay
Unit Patch CGAS Humboldt Bay
Active1977–present
Country United States
BranchUnited States Coast Guard
TypeSector/Air Station
RoleTo patrol coastline from the Mendocino-Sonoma county line north to the California-Oregon border.
Commanders
Current
commander
Captain Scott B. Powers
Command Master ChiefMECS Joseph Zrelack
Aircraft flown
Helicopter3 MH-65E

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Humboldt Bay is a United States Coast Guard Air Station and Sector, with command and primary assets located at the Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville, California, 16 miles north of Eureka in Humboldt County. The station is the site of the command center for all Coast Guard personnel stationed and assets located on the coasts of Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte Counties. It is one of four air stations in the Eleventh Coast Guard District.