Pixley Airport

Pixley Airport (FAA LID: P27, formerly Q90), also known as Harmon Field, was a county-owned public-use airport located in Tulare County, California, United States, one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pixley, California.[1]

Pixley Airport

(Harmon Field)
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Tulare
ServesPixley, California
Elevation AMSL256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates35°57′37″N 119°18′30″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,050 625 Asphalt
Statistics (1993)
Aircraft operations8,400
Based aircraft7

The airport opened in 1949. It was vacated and closed in early 1994 due to pesticide contamination from its years as a base for crop dusting.[2][3][4][5][6]

The airport's FAA location identifier was Q90 until 2003,[7] when it was changed to P27.[8] It remained in published FAA records until 2008, when it was listed as "public use" and noted as "closed indefinitely".[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Pixley Airport covered an area of [9]99 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 256 feet (78 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,050 by 60 feet (625 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 20, 1993, the airport had 8,400 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day. At that time there were 7 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine and 14% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective July 31, 2008". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.
  2. Remedial Action Plan Report, Harmon Field, Pixley, California, May 1995 prepared by Canonie Environmental for County of Tulare.
  3. "Pixley Airport / Harmon Field, Pixley, CA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
  4. "Cleanup Costs For Tainted Pixley Airport ..." The Fresno Bee. March 29, 1987.
  5. Collins, Aaron (November 17, 2004). "Pixley Airport Still Toxic After 15+ Year Cleanup Attempt". Valley Voice Newspaper.
  6. Doan, Lynn (May 9, 2005). "Tulare County closer to cleaning airport". Visalia Times-Delta.
  7. "Q90 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective September 4, 2003". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on October 2, 2003.
  8. "P27 - Pixley Airport - FAA information effective August 5, 2004". FAA data republished by AirNav. Archived from the original on August 21, 2004.
  9. Fact Sheet, September 2010, Revised Draft Remedial Action Plan and Proposed Negative Declaration for the Harmon Field Site, prepared by California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
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