Lone Pine Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lone Pine, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,680 ft / 1,122 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°35′17.760″N 118°03′07.31″W / 36.58826667°N 118.0520306°W | ||||||||||||||
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  O26 Location of Lone Pine Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Lone Pine Airport (FAA LID: O26) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Lone Pine serving Inyo County, California, United States. The airport has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. Services include air ambulance for the southern part of the county, and search and rescue for Mount Whitney and Death Valley.[1]
Charts: San Francisco; L5.
Facilities[edit]
Lone Pine Airport has two runways:
- Runway 16/34: 4,000 x 60 ft (1,219 x 18 m), surface: asphalt
- Runway 13/31: 2,400 x 100 ft (732 x 30 m), surface: dirt
World War II[edit]
During World War II, the airport was used as a contract flying school by the United States Army Air Forces. The school operated between 1942 and 1944. It also controlled several auxiliary airfields:
- Adamson Landing Field 36°15′23″N 117°59′52″W / 36.25639°N 117.99778°W
- Independence Auxiliary Field 36°48′50″N 118°12′15″W / 36.81389°N 118.20417°W
- Inyo County Auxiliary Field 36°44′13″N 118°08′42″W / 36.73694°N 118.14500°W
See also[edit]
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Licari, Katie (June 4, 2024). "Revealed: These rural California airports need critical repairs. Los Angeles stands in their way". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010) Archived 2007-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, also available as a printable form[permanent dead link] (PDF)
External links[edit]
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for O26
- AirNav airport information for O26
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for O26
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