Ramona Airport is a public airport two miles west of

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, in

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, United States. The airport is mostly used for

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

, the

California Department of Forestry The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsib ...

(CDF) and the

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency inc ...

(USFS) jointly operate a fire attack base. The Ramona Air Fair is a popular airshow held every year in October. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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and

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, but Ramona Airport is RNM to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities

Ramona Airport covers and has one runway (9/27: 5,001 x 150 ft.) and one

helipad A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft. While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...

(H1: 340 x 66 ft.). In 2005 the airport had 82,133 aircraft operations, averaging 225 per day: 98%

, 1%

air taxi An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand. In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...

and 1% military. 195 aircraft are based at this airport: 86% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet and 5%

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...

s. In 2007 the airport had 164,691 aircraft operations, averaging 451 per day.

Classic Rotors Museum

Classic Rotors Museum Classic Rotors is a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, located at the Ramona Airport in Ramona, California, United States. History The museum was founded in 1992 by Mark DiCiero, after he built and learned t ...

, a flying

aviation museum An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...

specializing in helicopters and other

rotorcraft A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings or rotor blades, which generate lift by rotating around a vertical mast. Several rotor blades mounted on a single mast are referred to as a rotor. The Internati ...

, is based at Ramona Airport. The museum bills itself as "the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum" and claims to be one of "three dedicated rotorcraft museums in the world".

Ramona Bombing Target and Emergency Landing Field

During

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the airport was used by the

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

as the 'Ramona Bombing Target and Emergency Landing Field. The site was 405 acres and opened on October 15, 1943. The site closed after the war and was turned over to San Diego County on February 26, 1947.US Army Ramona Bombing Target and Emergency Landing Field
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References

External links

at San Diego County website * Airports in San Diego County, California Ramona, San Diego County, California {{California-airport-stub