Little River Airport
| Little River Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KLLR – FAA LID: LLR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Mendocino County | ||
| Serves | Little River, California | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 572 ft / 174 m | ||
| Coordinates | 39°15′43″N 123°45′13″W / 39.26194°N 123.75361°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 5,249 | 1,600 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2004) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 6,300 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Little River Airport (ICAO: KLLR, FAA LID: LLR, formerly O48) is a small county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Little River, in Mendocino County, California, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LLR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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[edit] History
In 1945, this airport served as an outlying field to NALF Santa Rosa. The Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Santa Rosa, California, was part of a network of training airfields supporting Naval Air Station Alameda.[3]
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Little River Airport covers an area of 548 acres (222 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 5,249 by 150 feet (1,600 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending February 4, 2004, the airport had 6,300 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]
New for 2006: Super AWOS weather for pilots on CTAF 122.70 by clicking your mic 3 times.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for LLR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KLLR - Little River, California (Little River Airport)
- ^ "Santa Rosa Naval Auxiliary Air Station / Santa Rosa Air Center, Santa Rosa, CA". Freeman, Paul. http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_SantaRosa.html#santarosa. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
[edit] External links
- Mendocino County - Dept. of Transportation - Airports
- Little River Airport Pilot's Association
- Airport information for KLLR at AirNav
- Aeronautical chart for LLR at SkyVector
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