Ocotillo Airport Explained

Ocotillo Airport
Faa:L90
Icao:KL90
Type:Public
Owner:County of San Diego
City-Served:Ocotillo Wells, California
Elevation-F:160
Elevation-M:49
Coordinates:33.1478°N -116.1317°W
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-F:4,210
R1-Length-M:1,283
R1-Surface:Dirt
R2-Number:9/27
R2-Length-F:2,475
R2-Length-M:754
R2-Surface:Dirt
Stat-Year:2008
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:405
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ocotillo Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located in Ocotillo Wells, an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Ocotillo Airport covers an area of 353acres at an elevation of 160 feet (49 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with dirt surfaces: 13/31 is 4,210 by 150 feet (1,283 x 46 m) and 9/27 is 2,475 by 150 feet (754 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 810 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per month. No aircraft was based at the airport during that time.

US Navy World War II

During World War II the airport was used by the US Navy and called Naval Outlying Field, Ocotillo Dry Lake. It was used for training and to support Borrego Valley Maneuver Area, Benson Bombing Range and the Borrego Hotel Target Area, as a bub base of Naval Air Base Salton Sea in support of San Diego Naval Air Station. The US Navy returned the airport to the county in 1956. The airport opened in the late 1920s for private planes. In the late 1930 that Navy started to land planes at the private airport and took over the airport when the war started.[2] [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
  2. Web site: Naval Outlying Field, Ocotillo Dry Lake. 2021-02-09. www.militarymuseum.org.
  3. Web site: 2013. Borrego Hotel Target Area and Emergency Landing Field Ocotillo Wells, CA. 2021-02-09. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  4. Web site: May 1997. Archives Search ReportFindings for Benson/Ocotillo Dry Lake. 2021-02-09. militarymuseum.org.

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