Corcoran Airport Explained

Corcoran Airport
Iata:CRO
Icao:KCRO
Faa:CRO
Type:Public / permanently closed
Owner:Lakeland Dusters, Inc.
City-Served:Corcoran, California
Elevation-F:197
Elevation-M:60
Coordinates:36.1028°N -119.5947°W
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Corcoran Airport
Pushpin Label:KCRO
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:3,800
R1-Length-M:1,158
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:5,600
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:18
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Corcoran Airport was a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Corcoran, a town in Kings County, California, United States. It is privately owned by Lakeland Dusters, Inc. The airport has been permanently closed.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Corcoran Airport covers an area of 220acres at an elevation of 197 feet (60 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 3,800 by 50 feet (1,158 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending October 3, 2007, the airport had 5,600 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day, all of which were general aviation. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 61% single-engine, 28% jet and 11% helicopter.

World War II

During World War II, the airport was used an auxiliary training airfield for Lemoore Army Airfield, California.

See also

References

  1. , effective 2008-04-10
  2. Web site: CORCORAN. FAA National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. 10 January 2015.