Furnace Creek Airport
Furnace Creek Airport Furnace Creek Emergency Landing Field | |
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 2006 USGS airphoto | |
| Summary | |
| Operator | U.S. Dept. of the Interior |
| Coordinates | 36°27′50″N 116°52′53″W / 36.46389°N 116.88139°W |
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  L06 Location of Furnace Creek Airport | |
Furnace Creek Airport (IATA: DTH, FAA LID: L06) is a public airport located 0.75 miles (1 km) west of Furnace Creek, Death Valley, serving Inyo County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 40 acres (16 ha) and has one runway. At −210 feet (−64 m) MSL, it is the lowest elevation airport in North America.
History
The original airfield, known as Furnace Creek Emergency Landing Field was built around 1942 by the War Department. It served as an emergency landing field for Army and Navy military aircraft. It was abandoned after the end of the war in 1945.
The current airfield was opened in May 1953, one mile west of the wartime emergency landing strip along State Route 190, adjacent to the Sunset Campground. The wartime airfield is visible in aerial imagery but is unused other than as an overflow area for sunset campground during busy periods such as the '49ers Encampment.
See also
- California World War II Army Airfields
- Extreme points of Earth - Lowest attainable by transportation
- List of places on land with elevations below sea level
- Extreme points of the United States
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for L06
- AirNav airport information for L06
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for L06
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