Columbia Airport (California)
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| Coordinates | 38°01′50″N 120°24′52″W / 38.03056°N 120.41444°W | ||||||||||||||
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Columbia Airport (IATA: COA, FAA LID: O22) is located a mile southwest of Columbia, in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Tuolumne.[1]
Facilities
Columbia Airport covers 356 acres (144 ha) and has two runways: 17/35 is 4,670 x 75 ft (1,423 x 23 m) asphalt and 11/29 is 2,600 x 100 ft (792 x 30 m) turf.[1]
In the year ending August 3, 2011, the airport had 46,020 aircraft operations, average 126 per day: 96%
Cal Fire Firefighting Air Attack Base
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) operates an aerial firefighting air attack base at the airport with five aircraft based at the airfield. The typical complement of aircraft is one Rockwell OV-10 tactical (spotter) airplane, two Grumman S-2T air tankers, and one Sikorsky S-70i helicopter.[2] The base also hosts a helitack crew, a team of wildland firefighters who are transported by helicopter to fires. In addition to the firefighting mission, the helicopter is also equipped with a hoist for search and rescue missions. The Columbia Air Attack Base has facilities for refilling water and retardant on up to six firefighting aircraft, on rotation.[3]
Historical air service
The airport had scheduled passenger airline service operated by Yosemite Airlines, a small commuter air carrier which was based at Columbia Airport, from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. According to the
In 1999, Scenic Air, another commuter airline, was operating daily nonstop service between the airport and
The airport was used as a filming location for several sequences in the 1992 film Radio Flyer. [9]
References
- ^ PDF, effective 2/9/2012
- ^ "Columbia Air Attack Base".
- ^ McCarthy, Guy (2022-04-21). "Fire Hawk helicopter ready for fire season at Columbia Air Attack Base". The Union Democrat. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 & April 1, 1981 editions, Official Airline Guide (OAG), San Francisco-Columbia schedules
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Jan. 24, 1977 & Dec. 11, 1979 Yosemite Airlines timetables
- ^ Feb. 1, 1976 Official Airline Guide (OAG)
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Yosemite Airlines route maps
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Oakland-Yosemite National Park schedules
- ^ "Radio Flyer". Film America.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for O22
- AirNav airport information for O22
- ASN accident history for COA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for O22
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