| Samoa Field Airport (formerly Eureka Municipal Airport) | |
| Faa: | O33 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Eureka |
| City-Served: | Eureka, California |
| Elevation-F: | 20 |
| Elevation-M: | 6 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7808°N -124.2122°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-F: | 2,700 |
| R1-Length-M: | 823 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2004 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 5,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 18 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Samoa Field Airport formerly Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public airport 2miles west of Eureka, on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States.
The airport covers 657acres and is about 20feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2700by and is paved with asphalt.
Sixty percent of its flights are local and 40% are transient. In the year ending December 3, 2004 the airport had 5,000 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day. Eighteen aircraft were then based at the airport: 89% single-engine and 11% ultralight.
15 city maintained hangars are available at the airport.
The airport is within walking distance (950feet) to the Pacific Ocean.
Humboldt Bay Social Club is located near the Airport and offers Bar and Restaurant, Vacation rentals, hotel suites and event spaces. No other services are at or near the airport.
The field was built as a blimp and seaplane base during World War II called Eureka Auxiliary Field.[2] [3]