Rohnerville Airport
Rohnerville Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Humboldt County | ||||||||||
| Location | Fortuna, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 392 ft / 119 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°33′14″N 124°07′58″W / 40.55389°N 124.13278°W | ||||||||||
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Interactive map of Rohnerville Airport | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2004) | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Rohnerville Airport (ICAO: KFOT, FAA LID: FOT) is a public airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Fortuna in Humboldt County, California. It is owned by the County of Humboldt.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rohnerville Airport is assigned FOT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned FOT to Forster, New South Wales, Australia).[3]
Facilities and aircraft
Rohnerville Airport covers an area of 541 acres (219 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 4,005 by 100 feet (1,221 by 30 m)[1] and has favorable inland weather.[4]
For the year ending in October 2004, the airport had 27,500 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day, all of which were general aviation. There were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 11% multi-engine and 3% helicopters.[1] 18 county-owned hangers are located at Rohnerville Airport.[4]
Cal Fire provides wildfire suppression support using its air base at the airport[4] with an OV-10 Bronco and a S-2T airtanker based there. Rohnerville Airport "has the longest and widest runway of all Humboldt County general aviation airports enabling it to accommodate larger aircraft".[4] It is also used for medical evacuations and other emergency services.[4]
Nearby airports
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FOT PDF, effective 2007-07-05
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KFOT - Fortuna, California (Rohnerville Airport)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: FOT / YFST - Forster, New South Wales, Australia
- ^ a b c d e "Discover Humboldt County's Airports | Humboldt County Airport, CA". www.flyacv.com. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FOT
- AirNav airport information for FOT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for FOT
- Live Webcams and AWOS information at Rohnerville Airport