Fall River Mills Airport

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Fall River Mills Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationFall River Mills, California
Elevation  AMSL 3,323 ft / 1,013 m
Coordinates 41°01′07.587″N121°25′59.93″W / 41.01877417°N 121.4333139°W / 41.01877417; -121.4333139 Coordinates: 41°01′07.587″N121°25′59.93″W / 41.01877417°N 121.4333139°W / 41.01877417; -121.4333139
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
2/205,0001,524Asphalt

Fall River Mills Airport( FAA LID : O89) is a public airport located off Main Street in downtown Fall River Mills, serving Shasta County, northern California, United States. [1]

Contents

The airport has one runway, and is mostly used for general aviation. [1] It is the only airport within 75 miles (121 km) of Redding and Alturas.

Facilities

Fall River Mills Airport has one runway:

The airport has nine permanent t-hangars, five portable hangars, and approximately 30 tie-downs. It provides aviation fuel sales. The airport is equipped with runway lights which are designed to be turned on at night by the pilots as they approach. [1]

Sign for Tonkin Field at Fall River Mills Airport Fall River Mills Airport.JPG
Sign for Tonkin Field at Fall River Mills Airport

History

The airport was originally built in the 1940s as Tonkin Field, a location to train pilots for World War II. [2] Over the years, the airport has been maintained and upgraded largely due to funding provided from the California Aid to Airports Program (CAAP). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Shasta County D.P.W, http://www.co.shasta.ca.us/index/pw_index/plans_programs/frm_airport.aspx Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine , April, 2010
  2. "Fall River Mills". High Country Real Estate. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. "Department of Public Works Fall River Mills Airport". archive.li. 2003-12-28. Archived from the original on 2003-12-28. Retrieved 2017-06-13.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)