Exeter Airport (California)
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Exeter Airport Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | James Costa | ||||||||||
| 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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  CN63 Location of Exeter Airport | |||||||||||
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Exeter Airport (FAA LID: CN63)[2] is a private airport located three nautical miles (6km) south of the central business district of Exeter, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]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).
Location
[edit]| FAA Identifier: | CN63 |
| Lat/Long: | 36-14-32.9200N 119-08-57.9000W
36-14.548667N 119-08.965000W 36.2424778,-119.1494167 (estimated) |
| Elevation: | 344 ft. / 105 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 15E (1985) |
| From city: | 3 miles S of EXETER, CA |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 93247 |
For the 12-month period ending June 3, 2019, 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.[2]
Airport Services
[edit]| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
History
[edit]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.
In 2019 Exeter Airport shifted from a publicly owned (FAA LID: O63) to privately owned (FAA LID: CN63) airfield.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
[edit]- 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