Exeter Airport (California)

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Exeter Airport
Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerJames Costa
ServesExeter, California
Elevation AMSL340 ft / 104 m
Coordinates36°14′33″N 119°08′59″W / 36.24250°N 119.14972°W / 36.24250; -119.14972
Map
CN63 is located in California
CN63
CN63
Location of Exeter Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,800 853 Asphalt/treated
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations400
Based aircraft3

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[edit]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for O63 PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ^ a b c FAA Form 5010 for CN63. Federal Aviation Administration. 2023.

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