Calaveras County Airport

Calaveras County Airport
Maury Rasmussen Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KCPU – FAA LID: CPU
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner County of Calaveras
Location San Andreas, California, U.S.
Elevation AMSL 1,325 ft / 404 m
Coordinates 38°08′46″N 120°38′53″W / 38.14611°N 120.64806°W / 38.14611; -120.64806
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,603 1,098 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 65 20 Asphalt
H2 65 20 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 25,000
Based aircraft 79

Calaveras County Airport (ICAO: KCPU, FAA LID: CPU), also known as Maury Rasmussen Field, is a public airport located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of San Andreas, in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Calaveras.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Calaveras County Airport is assigned CPU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned CPU to Cururupu, Maranhão, Brazil).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Calaveras County Airport covers an area of 93 acres (38 ha) which contains one runway (13/31: 3,603 x 60 ft.) and two helipads (both 65 x 65 ft.).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 21, 2005, the airport had 25,000 aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day, all of which were general aviation. There are 79 aircraft based at this airport: 98% single engine, 1% multi-engine and 1% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for CPU (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KCPU - San Andreas, California (Calaveras County Airport)
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: CPU - Cururupu, Maranhão, Brazil

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