Exeter Airport (California)

Exeter Airport
Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Mark Daily
Serves Exeter, California
Elevation AMSL 340 ft / 104 m
Coordinates 36°14′33″N 119°08′59″W / 36.24250°N 119.14972°W / 36.24250; -119.14972
Map
O63
Location of Exeter Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,800 853 Asphalt/Treated
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 400
Based aircraft 3

Exeter Airport (FAA LID: O63) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Exeter, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Exeter Airport covers an area of 26 acres (11 ha) at an elevation of 340 feet (104 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt/treated surface measuring 2,800 by 40 feet (853 x 12 m). For the 12-month period ending January 9, 2009, the airport had 400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 33 per month. At that time there were three single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]

History

During World War II, the airport was designated as Hunter Auxiliary Field (A-1). It was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Rankin Field, California.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for O63 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
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