Little River Airport

Little River Airport (ICAO: KLLR, FAA LID: LLR, formerly O48) is a small county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Little River, in Mendocino County, California, United States.[1]

Little River Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMendocino County
ServesLittle River, California
Elevation AMSL572 ft / 174 m
Coordinates39°15′43″N 123°45′13″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 5,249 1,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations6,300

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LLR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

History

In 1945, this airport was built by the Navy served as an outlying field to NALF Santa Rosa.[3] The Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Santa Rosa, California, was part of a network of training airfields supporting Naval Air Station Alameda.[4]

The airport enjoyed commercial air service in the late 1940s/early 1950s, provided by Southwest Airways utilizing World War II surplus DC-3s.

Facilities and aircraft

Little River Airport covers an area of 548 acres (222 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 5,249 by 150 feet (1,600 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending February 4, 2004, the airport had 6,300 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for LLR (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KLLR - Little River, California (Little River Airport)
  3. http://216thalumni.org/images/Santa_Rosa_Naval_Station.pdf
  4. "Santa Rosa Naval Auxiliary Air Station / Santa Rosa Air Center, Santa Rosa, CA". Freeman, Paul. Retrieved 2011-12-13.


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