Ramona Airport

Ramona Airport (ICAO: KRNM, FAA LID: RNM, formerly L39) is a public airport two miles west of Ramona, in San Diego County, California.[1]

Ramona Airport
FAA diagram, below: Approach from the west
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of San Diego
LocationRamona, California
Elevation AMSL1,395 ft / 425 m
Coordinates33°02′21″N 116°54′55″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 340 104 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations82,133
Based aircraft195

The airport is mostly used for general aviation, the California Department of Forestry (CDF) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) jointly operate a fire attack base.

The Ramona Air Fair is a popular airshow held every year in October.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Ramona Airport is RNM to the FAA and has no IATA code.[2]

Facilities

Ramona Airport covers 342 acres (138 ha) and has one runway (9/27: 5,001 x 150 ft.) and one helipad (H1: 340 x 66 ft).[1]

In 2005 the airport had 82,133 aircraft operations, average 225 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 195 aircraft are based at this airport: 86% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet and 5% helicopters.[1]

In 2007 the airport had 164,691 aircraft operations, average 451 per day.

Classic Rotors Museum

Classic Rotors, a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft is based at Ramona Airport.[3][4][5][6] The museum bills itself as "the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum" and claims to be one of the "three dedicated rotorcraft museums in the world".[3]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for RNM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KRNM - Ramona, California
  3. Classic Rotors Museum (n.d.). "About Us". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. Kaman H-43 Huskie (April 2009). "Classic Rotors, Ramona, California". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  5. Riordan, Jack (August 2009). "Public treated to inside look at county airport". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  6. Musicar, Jessica (July 2005). "Museum pays homage to 'rotorcraft'". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2009-11-13.


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