Chino Airport

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Chino Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: CNO – ICAO: KCNO – FAA: CNO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		County of San Bernardino
Location		Chino, California
Elevation AMSL		652 ft / 199 m
Coordinates		33°58′29″N 117°38′12″W / 33.97472, -117.63667
Website		co.san-bernardino.ca.us
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	6,023	1,836	Asphalt
8L/26R	4,858	1,481	Asphalt
8R/26L	7,000	2,134	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			168,393
Based aircraft			947
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Chino Airport (IATA: CNO, ICAO: KCNO, FAA LID: CNO) is a county-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Chino, a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport,^[2] due to its proximity to Ontario International Airport and John Wayne Airport.^[3]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Cal-Aero Academy was an independent flying school at Chino Airport when World War II started. The Army Air Forces contracted with the school to provide primary flight training for Army Air Cadets. During the war, Cal-Aero operated the training base with Stearmans and BT-13s. The name Cal-Aero is preserved at the airport and can be seen on several buildings.

After the war, hundreds of former combat aircraft were flown into Chino for disposal. The agricultural area was employed as a vast parking lot for ex-military aircraft. Soon, the entire area was filled with a wide variety of planes - everything from T-6s to B-24s. Most planes would meet an undignified end in portable smelters which were brought in to convert the warplanes into aluminum ingots.

Chino Airport is also home to two aircraft museums, the Planes of Fame and the Yanks Air Museum, and is recognized as one of the centers of aircraft restoration and preservation with several different companies that provide those services co-located on the airport property.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Chino Airport covers an area of 1,097 acres (444 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways:^[1]

Runway 3/21: 6,023 x 150 ft. (1,836 x 46 m)
Runway 8L/26R: 4,858 x 150 ft. (1,481 x 46 m)
Runway 8R/26L: 7,000 x 150 ft. (2,134 x 46 m)

For the 12-month period ending March 27, 2006, the airport had 168,393 aircraft operations, an average of 461 per day: 99.9% general aviation and <1% military. There are 947 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 4% jet and 1% helicopter.^[1]