Corcoran Airport

Corcoran Airport (IATA: CRO, ICAO: KCRO, FAA LID: CRO) was a public use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Corcoran, a town in Kings County, California, United States. It is privately owned by Lakeland Dusters, Inc. The airport has been permanently closed.

Corcoran Airport
2006 USGS photo
IATA: CRO ICAO: KCRO FAA LID: CRO
Summary
Airport type	Public / permanently closed
Owner	Lakeland Dusters, Inc.
Serves	Corcoran, California
Elevation AMSL	197 ft / 60 m
Coordinates	36°06′10″N 119°35′41″W
Map
KCRO Location of Corcoran Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 3,800 1,158 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 5,600 Based aircraft 18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Facilities and aircraft

Corcoran Airport covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) at an elevation of 197 feet (60 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 13/31 which measures 3,800 by 50 feet (1,158 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending October 3, 2007, the airport had 5,600 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day, all of which were general aviation. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 61% single-engine, 28% jet and 11% helicopter.

World War II

During World War II, the airport was used an auxiliary training airfield for Lemoore Army Airfield, California.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CRO
  • AirNav airport information for CRO
  • ASN accident history for CRO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for CRO