Rohnerville Airport is a public
airport
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located southeast of
Fortuna
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in
Humboldt County,
California
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. It is owned by the County of Humboldt.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA and
IATA
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, Rohnerville Airport is assigned FOT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned FOT to
Forster, New South Wales
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,
Australia
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).
Great Circle Mapper: FOT / YFST - Forster, New South Wales, Australia
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Facilities and aircraft
Rohnerville Airport covers an area of which contains one asphalt
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* Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...
paved runway
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(11/29) measuring .general aviation
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. There were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 11% multi-engine and 3% helicopter
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s.
Nearby airports
* Arcata-Eureka Airport
* Eureka Municipal Airport
* Kneeland Airport
* Murray Field
Murray Field is a county-owned public airport, located adjacent to Humboldt Bay within Eureka, California in Humboldt County. Most of its use is general aviation, but UPS flights stop for package delivery.
History
Murray Field was establis ...
References
External links
Live Webcams and AWOS information at Rohnerville Airport
Airports in Humboldt County, California
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