Hourglass Field

Hourglass field was located just west of U.S. Route 395 (now Interstate 15), about three miles north of what is now MCAS Miramar.

[1][2] Around the time of World War II the Navy used the surrounding area as a bombing range.

In 1969 Miramar College opened on the site of Hourglass Field as a training facility for San Diego law enforcement and firefighting personnel.

As of 2012 only a small triangle of the original asphalt remains, from runway 13/31, as part of an open field adjacent to Black Mountain Road.

Its grass plaza has narrow cobblestone features that outline an "X" and a bar reminiscent the runway layout.

Aerial photo of Miramar College and Hourglass Field Community Park with the lost parts of the outline of Hourglass Field superimposed.
Hourglass Field Athletics Complex, 2012