Ramona Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | County of San Diego | ||||||||||
| Location | Ramona, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,395 ft / 425 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°02′21″N 116°54′55″W / 33.03917°N 116.91528°W | ||||||||||
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Ramona Airport (ICAO: KRNM, FAA LID: RNM, formerly L39) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Ramona, in San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of San Diego.[1]
The airport is mostly used for general aviation, the California Department of Forestry (CDF) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) jointly operate a fire attack base.
The Ramona Air Fair is a popular airshow held every year in June.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ramona Airport is assigned RNM by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
Ramona Airport covers an area of 342 acres (138 ha) which contains one runway (9/27: 5,001 x 150 ft.) and one helipad (H1: 340 x 66 ft).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 82,133 aircraft operations, an average of 225 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. There are 195 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft and 5% helicopters.[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 164,691 aircraft operations, an average of 451 per day.
Classic Rotors Museum
Classic Rotors, a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft is based at Ramona Airport.[3][4][5][6] The museum bills itself as "the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum" and claims to be one of the "three dedicated rotorcraft museums in the world".[3]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RNM PDF, effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KRNM - Ramona, California
- ^ a b Classic Rotors Museum (n.d.). "About Us". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Kaman H-43 Huskie (April 2009). "Classic Rotors, Ramona, California". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Riordan, Jack (August 2009). "Public treated to inside look at county airport". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ Musicar, Jessica (July 2005). "Museum pays homage to 'rotorcraft'". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
External links
- Ramona Airport at San Diego County web site
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RNM
- AirNav airport information for KRNM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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