Exeter Airport (California) Explained

Exeter Airport
Faa:CN63
Type:Private
Owner:James Costa
City-Served:Exeter, California
Elevation-F:340
Elevation-M:104
Coordinates:36.2425°N -119.1497°W
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Exeter Airport
Pushpin Label:CN63
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:2,800
R1-Length-M:853
R1-Surface:Asphalt/treated
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:3
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Exeter Airport [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.

Facilities and aircraft

Exeter Airport covers an area of 26acres 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

FAA Identifier: CN63
Lat/Long: 36-14-32.9200N 119-08-57.9000W36-14.548667N 119-08.965000W36.2424778,-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.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

History

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.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. Book: FAA Form 5010 for CN63 . Federal Aviation Administration . 2023.