Pixley Airport (Harmon Field) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | County of Tulare | ||||||||||
Serves | Pixley, California | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 256 ft / 78 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°57′37″N 119°18′30″W / 35.96028°N 119.30833°W | ||||||||||
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Statistics (1993) | |||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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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]
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]
Pixley 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]
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]