Twentynine Palms Airport

Twentynine Palms Airport

USGS aerial image, 3 October 1995
IATA: TNP – ICAO: KTNP – FAA LID: TNP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of San Bernardino
Serves Twentynine Palms, California
Elevation AMSL 1,888 ft / 575 m
Coordinates 34°07′54″N 115°56′45″W / 34.13167°N 115.94583°W / 34.13167; -115.94583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 5,531 1,686 Asphalt
17/35 3,797 1,157 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 18,000
Based aircraft 16

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

Activated on 1 January 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces. Started as USAAF contract glider training - Twenty-Nine Palms Air Academy until 16 February 1943. Had four axillary airfields in local area. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Conducted basic flying training from March 1943 until transferred to United States Navy April 1944; Under USN control became an axillary airfield to NAS San Diego.

Facilities and aircraft

Twentynine Palms Airport covers an area of 480 acres (190 ha) at an elevation of 1,888 feet (575 m) above 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 16, 2006, the airport had 18,000 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97.% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 16 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 25% glider.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for TNP (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
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Other sources

  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  • 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.
  • Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC


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