Virgil O. Parrett Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPacific Union College
ServesAngwin, California
Elevation AMSL1,848 ft / 563 m
Coordinates38°34′48″N 122°26′08″W / 38.58000°N 122.43556°W / 38.58000; -122.43556
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,217 981 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations12,000
Based aircraft38

Virgil O. Parrett Field or Angwin Airport (FAA LID: 2O3) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Angwin, in Napa County, California, United States.[1] It is owned by Pacific Union College.[1] It is also known as Angwin–Parrett Field Airport.[2] In 2006, a plan was floated for Pacific Union College to divest the field by selling it for $27 million to the County of Napa.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Angwin–Parrett Field covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 1,848 feet (563 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,217 by 50 feet (981 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2004, the airport had 12,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. At that time there were 38 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 2O3 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Virgil O Parrett Field". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ↑ "College asking $27 million: Angwin Airport may go to County". Angwin Reporter. WebCite. 8 August 2006. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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