Hanford Municipal Airport , formerly O18, is a mile (1.6 km) southeast of Hanford, in Kings County,

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. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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and IATA, but Hanford Municipal Airport is HJO to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities

The airport covers with one asphalt runway (14/32), . In the year ending March 29, 2007 the airport had 28,500 aircraft operations, average 78 per day, all

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. 75 aircraft are based at this airport: 85% single engine and 15% multi-engine.

Other facilities

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's National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley Weather Forecast office has been at the airport since 1995. The

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, part of

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, serves the southern

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counties from

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to the north, to

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to the south.

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{{US-airport-ga, HJO, - Airports in Kings County, California San Joaquin Valley Buildings and structures in Kings County, California