Exeter Airport (FAA LID: O63) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Exeter, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.[1]

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Exeter Airport Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: O63
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mark Daily
Serves	Exeter, California
Elevation AMSL	340 ft / 104 m
Coordinates	36°14′33″N 119°08′59″W
Map
O63 Location of Exeter Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 2,800 853 Asphalt/treated
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 400 Based aircraft 3
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Exeter Airport covers an area of 26 acres (11 ha) 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).

For the 12-month period ending January 9, 2009, 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.[1]

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.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• www.airfieldsdatabase.com

External links

• Aerial photo as of 4 September 1994 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for O63
  • AirNav airport information for O63
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for O63