Eureka Municipal Airport (California)

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Eureka Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: O33
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Eureka
Serves		Eureka, California
Elevation AMSL		20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		40°46′51″N 124°12′44″W / 40.78083, -124.21222
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	2,700	823	Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations			5,000
Based aircraft			18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Eureka Municipal Airport (FAA LID: O33) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Eureka, a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.^[1] The airport is on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Eureka Municipal Airport covers an area of 657 acres (266 ha) and is approximately 20 ft. above mean sea level (MSL). It has one runway, 16/34, with a 2,700 x 60 ft. (823 x 18 m) asphalt surface. It is used entirely for general aviation purposes; 60% of traffic being local and 40% being transient. For the 12-month period ending December 3, 2004, the airport had 5,000 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% ultralight.^[1]