Exeter Airport (California)


Exeter Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Exeter, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Exeter Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 340 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt/treated surface measuring 2,800 by 40 feet. For the 12-month period ending January 9, 2009, the airport had 400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 33 per month. At that time there were three single-engine aircraft based at this airport.

History

During World War II, the airport was designated as Hunter Auxiliary Field . It was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Rankin Field, California.