[4] During World War II, Kitsap County Airport was used by the United States Navy as an outer landing field for NAS Seattle.
[5] Military use continued throughout the Cold War and it would occasionally host temporary detachments of aircraft from the Navy.
This was Ferrari's debut on a Northwest track at a time when the company was just starting to dominate west coast sports car racing.
While Bremerton National Airport was described as being able to "provide additional general aviation aircraft storage capacity and expand business aviation support", the CACC was concerned about the distance between the airport and major interstates, including the travel time between counties.
[1] In the year ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 66,000 aircraft operations, averaging 181 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military, and <1% air taxi.