Twentynine Palms Airport
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| Coordinates | 34°07′54″N 115°56′45″W / 34.13167°N 115.94583°W | ||||||||||||||
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Twentynine Palms Airport (IATA: TNP, ICAO: KTNP, FAA LID: TNP) is a public use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) east of the central business district of Twentynine Palms, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of San Bernardino.[1]
History
Waco CG-4A
in 1942
It was activated on 1 January 1942 by the
NAS San Diego.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Twentynine Palms Airport covers an area of 480
mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 5,531 by 75 feet (1,686 x 23 m) and 17/35 is 3,797 by 50 feet (1,157 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2022, the airport had 18,000 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 14 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 3 glider.[1]
See also
- California World War II Army Airfields
- 36th Flying Training Wing (World War II)
- United States Army Air Forces Contract Flying School Airfields
- IX Troop Carrier Command
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
- ^ 29palms.marines.mil, Twentynine Palms 29th, page A7
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Twenty Nine Palms Army Airfield.
Other sources
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
External links
- Twentynine Palms Airport at County of San Bernardino website
- openNav: TNP / KTNP charts
- FAA Terminal Procedures for TNP, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for TNP
- AirNav airport information for KTNP
- ASN accident history for TNP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTNP
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