Hanford Municipal Airport Explained

Hanford Municipal Airport
Icao:KHJO
Faa:HJO
Type:Public
Owner:City of Hanford
Location:Hanford, California
Elevation-F:244
Elevation-M:74
Coordinates:36.3167°N -119.6278°W
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:5,175
R1-Length-M:1,577
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2007
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:28,500
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:75
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hanford Municipal Airport, formerly O18, is a mile (1.6 km) southeast of Hanford, in Kings County, California.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Hanford Municipal Airport is HJO to the FAA and has no IATA code.[2]

Facilities

The airport covers with one asphalt runway (14/32), 75feetx5175feetft (xft).

In the year ending March 29, 2007 the airport had 28,500 aircraft operations, average 78 per day, all general aviation. 75 aircraft are based at this airport: 85% single engine and 15% multi-engine.

Other facilities

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley Weather Forecast office has been at the airport since 1995. The doppler weather radar, part of NEXRAD, serves the southern Central Valley of California counties from Merced to the north, to Kern to the south.[3]

References

  1. , effective 2007-07-05
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KHJO Great Circle Mapper: KHJO - Hanford, California (Hanford Municipal Airport)
  3. Web site: National Weather Service . National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley History . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . 5 June 2012.