Exeter Airport (California)

Exeter Airport Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: O63
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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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[]

• California World War II Army Airfields

References[]

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

• www.airfieldsdatabase.com

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