Benton Field

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Coordinates: 40°34′27″N 122°24′27″W / 40.57417, -122.4075

Benton Field Benton Airpark
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: O85
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Redding
Serves		Redding, California
Elevation AMSL		719 ft / 219 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	2,420	738	Asphalt
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations			35,000
Based aircraft			122
Sources: airport web site^[1] and FAA^[2]

Benton Field^[2] (FAA LID: O85), also known as Benton Airpark^[1]^[3], is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Redding, a city in Shasta County, California, United States.^[2] It is one of two airports located in the City of Redding, the other being Redding Municipal Airport.^[4]

The airport is named for Lt. John W. Benton, a U.S. Army Air Corp pilot and a Shasta County resident who died in a flight at Buenos Aires in 1927.^[5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Benton Field covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) and contains one runway designated 15/33 with a 2,420 x 80 ft. (738 x 24 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2002, the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. There are 122 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.^[2] Benton Field also serves as the headquarters of the California Highway Patrol Northern Division Air Operations unit. The unit includes two single-engine CHP airplanes and two CHP helicopters based at the airpark.