Napa County Airport

Coordinates: 38°12′47.50″N 122°16′50.50″W / 38.2131944°N 122.2806944°W / 38.2131944; -122.2806944
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Napa County Airport

Napa Army Airfield
AMSL
35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates38°12′47.50″N 122°16′50.50″W / 38.2131944°N 122.2806944°W / 38.2131944; -122.2806944
Map
APC is located in California
APC
APC
Location of airport in California / United States
APC is located in the United States
APC
APC
APC (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,007 1,526 Concrete
19R/1L 5,930 1,807 Asphalt
19L/1R 2,510 765 Asphalt

Napa County Airport (IATA: APC, ICAO: KAPC, FAA LID: APC) (Napa Valley Airport) is a public airport five miles (8 km) south of Napa, in Napa County, California, United States.[1] It has three runways.

During 2008 the airport's 1960-era control tower received extensive radio, plumbing and electrical upgrades and renovations funded by the federal government.

Airport officials said the airport had about 122,000 flights take off or land at the facility annually in 2008.[2]

History

The airport was built by the

P-38 Lightnings
before being deployed overseas.

After

Napa County by the War Assets Administration
for civil use. The airport soon became a business hub for what was once a rural, sparsely populated area in the south end of the county.

Jonesy's Restaurant opened for business in 1946 at the airport and was a longtime favorite.[4] The restaurant remained in business for 63 years before closing in 2010.[5]

By 1947 half a dozen small businesses had opened at the facility, but only Bridgeford Flying Service remained open past the first year and remains in business today. In 2012 the name was changed from Bridgeford Flying Service to Napa Jet Center. In 1971 International Air Services Company (IASCO) and Japan Airlines (JAL) opened a flight training school at the airport.[6]

In June 2010 Japan Airlines announced that it would be closing its training facility as part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan.[7] In February 2012 IASCO announced that it would be moving its training facility to Redding, California in early March.[8]

In June 2014, International Airline Training Academy signed an agreement to lease space at the airport to train pilots for a five-year period. IATA no longer operates from the Napa County Airport as of 2017.[9]

The control tower sustained minor damage in the 2014 South Napa earthquake.[10]

On May 22, 2015, Surf Air started flying regular service to the airport.[11]

The parallel runways 18R/L and 36R/L have been repaved and renumbered 19R/L and 1R/L as of October, 2019.[12]

Photos taken at the Napa County Airport indicate that a wide variety of business aircraft have used the airfield over the years including privately operated jets as large as the

McDonnell Douglas MD-87 jetliner.[13][14]

Historical airline service

By the spring of 1947,

Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander prop aircraft.[19]

The airport currently does not have any scheduled passenger flights, with airline service being available at

Sonoma County Airport (STS) in Santa Rosa as well as Oakland International Airport (OAK) and San Francisco International Airport
(SFO).

See also

References

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

  • Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  1. ^ "Napa County Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. The Napa Valley Register
    . 2008-08-22.
  3. The Napa Valley Register
    . 2007-10-22.
  4. The Napa Valley Register
    . 2007-05-12.
  5. The Napa Valley Register
    . 2010-08-17.
  6. The Napa Valley Register
    2003-06-07.
  7. The Napa Valley Register
    2010-15-06
  8. The Napa Valley Register
    2012-02-24
  9. The Napa Valley Register
    . 2014-06-25.
  10. ^ "Napa airport open after earthquake damages tower". San Francisco Chronicle. 24 August 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  11. ^ "Surf-Air-launches-at-Napa-County-Airport".
  12. ^ "Napa County Airport's WWII runways getting a $15 million revival".
  13. ^ "Aviation Photo #1222762: Boeing 737-75V BBJ - Untitled".
  14. ^ "Aviation Photo #0228758: McDonnell Douglas MD-87 (DC-9-87) - Untitled".
  15. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pc/pc4704/pc4704-2.jpg [bare URL]
  16. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pc/pc4704/pc4704-1.jpg [bare URL]
  17. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pc/pc5309/pc5309-2.jpg [bare URL]
  18. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/gg4/gg6909/gg6909-1.jpg [bare URL]
  19. ^ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/oe/oe78/oe78-2.jpg [bare URL]

External links

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