Independence Airport is a public

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

located one mile (1.6 km) north of

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

, serving

Inyo County Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County ...

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. It has two

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s and is mostly used for

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Facilities

Independence Airport has two runways: * Runway 14/32: 3,722 x 60 ft (1,134 x 18 m), surface:

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* Runway 05/23: 1,610 x 30 ft (491 x 9 m), surface: dirt

History

During

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, the airport was used by the

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as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at

Lone Pine Airport Lone Pine Airport is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Lone Pine (geographic coordinates N36-35.30; W118-03.12) serving Inyo County, California, United States. The airport has two runways and is mostly used for general ...

, California.

References

Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010)
also available as
printable form
( PDF)

External links

Airports in Inyo County, California Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California {{California-airport-stub

Facilities

History

See also

References

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