Paradise Skypark is a private use
airport located three
nautical mile
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s (6
km) south of the
central business district
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of
Paradise, in
Butte County,
California,
United States.
It was previously a public use airport with the FAA identifier L24 (formerly P40).
Facilities and aircraft
The airport covers an area of 35
acre
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Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
s (14
ha) at an
elevation of 1,300 feet (396 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 17/35 with an
asphalt surface measuring 3,017 by 60 feet (920 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 14,900 aircraft operations, an average of 40 per day: 97%
general aviation and 3%
air taxi. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 98% single-
engine, and 2% multi-engine.
References
External links
Paradise SkyparkAerial image as of September 1998from
USGS ''
The National Map''
* {{US-airport-minor, CA92
Airports in Butte County, California