New Coalinga Municipal Airport

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New Coalinga Municipal Airport
New Coalinga Municipal Airport - California.jpg
2006 USGS photo
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Coalinga
Location Coalinga, California
Elevation  AMSL 622 ft / 190 m
Coordinates 36°09′47″N120°17′38″W / 36.16306°N 120.29389°W / 36.16306; -120.29389
Map
USA California location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
C80
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
1/192,500762 Asphalt/gravel
12/305,0001,524Asphalt
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H15015Asphalt
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations2,400

New Coalinga Municipal Airport( IATA : CLG, FAA LID : C80) is three miles east of Coalinga, in Fresno County, California, United States. It is owned by the city of Coalinga. [1]

Contents

The original Coalinga Municipal Airport was about 0.5 mile (1 km) north of the town center, just north of Cambridge Avenue and west of East Elm Avenue. It opened sometime in the 1920s. [2] As of 2024 traces of it could still be seen on aerial photographs and satellite images. The New Coalinga Municipal Airport was built in the late 1990s east of the town center, with an entrance road from West Phelps Avenue.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,002 acres (405  ha ) and has two runways (1/19: 2,500 x 60 ft (18 m), 12/30: 5,000 x 100 ft) and one helipad (H1: 50 x 50 ft).

In the year ending May 9, 2003 the airport had 2,400 aircraft operations, all general aviation. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for C80 PDF , effective 2007-07-05
  2. http://www.militarymuseum.org/LemooreELF.html Lemoore Emergency Landing Field. Retrieved 2012-01-17.