Placerville Airport is three miles east of Placerville, in

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, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''

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'' airport. There are no passenger airlines at the airport. The runway is long enough for aircraft such as the Pilatus PC-12 and is home to a

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. In 1977-78 California Air Commuter scheduled Piper Navajos to Placerville.

Facilities

Placerville Airport covers 243 acres (98 ha) at an elevation of 2,585 feet (788 m). Its one runway, 5/23, is 4,201 by 75 feet (1,280 x 23 m). It has one helipad, H1, 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m). In the year ending April 30, 2010 the airport had 66,000 aircraft operations, average 180 per day: 97%

, 1.5%

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, and 1.5% military. 138 aircraft were then based at the airport: 96% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 1%

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El Dorado County airports

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