Rohnerville Airport is a public

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located southeast of

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in Humboldt County,

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. It is owned by the County of Humboldt. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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and

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, Rohnerville Airport is assigned FOT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned FOT to

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).Great Circle Mapper: FOT / YFST - Forster, New South Wales, Australia
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Facilities and aircraft

Rohnerville Airport covers an area of which contains one

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paved

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(11/29) measuring . For the year ending in October 2004, the airport had 27,500 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day, all of which were

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. There were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 11% multi-engine and 3%

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s. Cal Fire has an air base with an OV-10 Bronco and a S-2T airtanker based there.

Nearby airports

* Arcata-Eureka Airport * Eureka Municipal Airport *

Kneeland Airport Kneeland Airport is a public airport operated by Humboldt County southeast of Eureka, California. Located on a mountain ridge at over above sea level, this airfield is used by general aviation aircraft, which sometimes seek an alternate airpo ...

Murray Field Murray Field is a county-owned public airport, located adjacent to Humboldt Bay within Eureka, California in Humboldt County. Most of its use is general aviation, but UPS flights stop for package delivery. History Murray Field was establishe ...

References

External links

Live Webcams and AWOS information at Rohnerville Airport
Airports in Humboldt County, California {{California-airport-stub