Rohnerville Airport

Rohnerville Airport (ICAO: KFOT, FAA LID: FOT) is a public airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Fortuna in Humboldt County, California. It is owned by the County of Humboldt.[1]

Rohnerville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHumboldt County
LocationFortuna, California
Elevation AMSL392 ft / 119 m
Coordinates40°33′14″N 124°07′58″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 4,005 1,221 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations27,500
Based aircraft36

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rohnerville Airport is assigned FOT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned FOT to Forster, New South Wales, Australia).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Rohnerville Airport covers an area of 541 acres (219 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 4,005 by 100 feet (1,221 by 30 m).[1]

For the year ending in October 2004, the airport had 27,500 aircraft operations, an average of 75 per day, all of which were general aviation. There were 36 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 11% multi-engine and 3% helicopters.[1]

Cal Fire has an air base with an OV-10 Bronco and a S-2T airtanker based there.

Nearby airports

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FOT PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KFOT - Fortuna, California (Rohnerville Airport)
  3. Great Circle Mapper: FOT / YFST - Forster, New South Wales, Australia


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