Exeter Airport
Hunter Air Force Auxiliary Field
2006 USGS airphoto
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerJames Costa
ServesExeter, California
Elevation AMSL340 ft / 104 m
Coordinates36°14′33″N 119°08′59″W / 36.24250°N 119.14972°W / 36.24250; -119.14972
Map
CN63 is located in California
CN63
CN63
Location of Exeter Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,800 853 Asphalt/treated
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations400
Based aircraft3

Exeter Airport (FAA LID: CN63)[2] is a private airport located three nautical miles (6km) south of the central business district of Exeter, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Exeter Airport covers an area of 26 acres (11 ha) at an elevation of 340 feet (104 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt/treated surface measuring 2,800 by 40 feet (853 x 12 m).

Location

FAA Identifier: CN63
Lat/Long: 36-14-32.9200N 119-08-57.9000W

36-14.548667N 119-08.965000W 36.2424778,-119.1494167 (estimated)

Elevation: 344 ft. / 105 m (estimated)
Variation: 15E (1985)
From city: 3 miles S of EXETER, CA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 93247

For the 12-month period ending June 3, 2019, the Exeter airport had 400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 33 per month. At that time, there were three single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[2]

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

History

During World War II, the Exeter airport was designated as Hunter Auxiliary Field (A-1). It was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Rankin Field, California.

In 2019 Exeter Airport shifted from a publicly owned (FAA LID: O63) to privately owned (FAA LID: CN63) airfield.[1][2]

See also

References

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

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for O63 PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 FAA Form 5010 for CN63. Federal Aviation Administration. 2023.
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