Pixley Airport (FAA LID: P27, formerly Q90), also known as Harmon Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located in Tulare County, California, United States, one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pixley, California.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of Tulare | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pixley, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 256 ft / 78 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°57′37″N 119°18′30″W / 35.96028°N 119.30833°W | ||||||||||
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The airport opened in 1949. It was vacated and closed in early 1994 due to pesticide contamination from its years as a base for crop dusting.[2][3][4][5][6]
Pixley airport's FAA location identifier was Q90 until 2003,[7] when it was changed to P27.[8] It remained in published FAA records until 2008, when it was listed as "public use" and noted as "closed indefinitely".[1]
Facilities and aircraft
editPixley Airport covered an area of [9]99 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 256 feet (78 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,050 by 60 feet (625 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 20, 1993, the airport had 8,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time, there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective July 31, 2008". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.
- ^ Remedial Action Plan Report, Harmon Field, Pixley, California, May 1995 prepared by Canonie Environmental for County of Tulare.
- ^ "Pixley Airport / Harmon Field, Pixley, CA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ "Cleanup Costs For Tainted Pixley Airport ..." The Fresno Bee. March 29, 1987.
- ^ Collins, Aaron (November 17, 2004). "Pixley Airport Still Toxic After 15+ Year Cleanup Attempt". Valley Voice Newspaper.
- ^ Doan, Lynn (May 9, 2005). "Tulare County closer to cleaning airport". Visalia Times-Delta. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012.
- ^ "Q90 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective September 4, 2003". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on October 2, 2003.
- ^ "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective August 5, 2004". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on August 21, 2004.
- ^ Fact Sheet, September 2010, Revised Draft Remedial Action Plan and Proposed Negative Declaration for the Harmon Field Site, prepared by California Department of Toxic Substances Control.