avia.wikisort.org - AerodromePixley Airport (FAA LID: P27, formerly Q90), also known as Harmon Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located in Tulare County, California, United States, one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pixley, California.[1]
Airport
Pixley Airport
(Harmon Field) |
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- IATA: none
- ICAO: none
- FAA LID: P27
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Airport type | Public |
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Owner | County of Tulare |
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Serves | Pixley, California |
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Elevation AMSL | 256 ft / 78 m |
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Coordinates | 35°57′37″N 119°18′30″W |
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Direction |
Length |
Surface |
ft |
m |
13/31 |
2,050 |
625 |
Asphalt |
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Aircraft operations | 8,400 |
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Based aircraft | 7 |
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] |
The airport opened in 1949. It was vacated and closed in early 1994 due to pesticide contamination from its years as a base for crop dusting.[2][3][4][5][6]
Pixley airport's FAA location identifier was Q90 until 2003,[7] when it was changed to P27.[8] It remained in published FAA records until 2008, when it was listed as "public use" and noted as "closed indefinitely".[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Pixley Airport covered an area of [9]99 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 256 feet (78 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,050 by 60 feet (625 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 20, 1993, the airport had 8,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time, there were 7 aircraft based at this airport:
86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.[1]
References
- "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective July 31, 2008". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.
- Remedial Action Plan Report, Harmon Field, Pixley, California, May 1995 prepared by Canonie Environmental for County of Tulare.
- "Pixley Airport / Harmon Field, Pixley, CA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- "Cleanup Costs For Tainted Pixley Airport ..." The Fresno Bee. March 29, 1987.
- Collins, Aaron (November 17, 2004). "Pixley Airport Still Toxic After 15+ Year Cleanup Attempt". Valley Voice Newspaper.
- Doan, Lynn (May 9, 2005). "Tulare County closer to cleaning airport". Visalia Times-Delta.
- "Q90 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective September 4, 2003". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on October 2, 2003.
- "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective August 5, 2004". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on August 21, 2004.
- Fact Sheet, September 2010, Revised Draft Remedial Action Plan and Proposed Negative Declaration for the Harmon Field Site, prepared by California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
External links
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