User:Myheartinchile/Breuner Airfield

Breuner Airfield or Breuner Field is a 5 acre (2 ha) private radio controlled aircraft airfield or "flying field" and club that was built in the 1970s on the Breuner Marsh site in the Parhcester Village neighborhood of Richmond, California. The runway is about 300 ft (91 m) and is marked with x's to state that it is not suitable for landing by any planes. It is located at 4114 Goodrick Avenue, Richmond, California, 94801.

Location
It is located on reclaimed wetlands of what was formerly Breuner Marsh, a wetlands area. The airfield is located at Goodrick Avenue and is accessible from Richmond Parkway. The site is adjacent to the shoreline of San Pablo Bay and has a sports club, some cottages, and a fishing pier.

History
The land has been owned by Fred Parr; later the owner of the former Breuner's furniture chain Gerry Breuner, and currently Bay Area Wetlands LLC. Breauner originally wanted a private general aviation airport at this location but community and political opposition prohibited it and the model plane airfield was the largest he could build. The site has in recent times been up for debate with regards to use including proposed upscale housing by developers, an office park by the city council, and an expansion of Point Pinole Regional Shoreline as restored wetlands by Gayle McLaughlin and the East Bay Regional Parks District. It is run by the Bay Area Radio Control Society. In the 1980s Gerald Bruener tested experimental aircraft, a gyrocopter, at the site and used it as his primary residence.