Exeter Airport (California)
Exeter Airport Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() O63 Location of Exeter Airport | |||||||||||
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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 Exeter 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 Exeter 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/.
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for O63 PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
External links[]
- Aerial photo as of 4 September 1994 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for O63
- AirNav airport information for O63
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for O63
- Airports in Tulare County, California
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California