Nevada County Air Park

Nevada County Air Park
Nevada County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KGOO – FAA LID: GOO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Nevada County
Location Grass Valley, California
Elevation AMSL 3,154 ft / 961 m
Coordinates 39°13′26″N 121°00′11″W / 39.22389°N 121.00306°W / 39.22389; -121.00306
Website mynevadacounty.com/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 4,351 1,326 Asphalt
Statistics (2001)
Aircraft operations 27,750
Based aircraft 142
Source: FAA[1] and airport website[2]

Nevada County Air Park (ICAO: KGOO, FAA LID: GOO, formerly O17) is a county-owned public use airport in Nevada County, California, United States. The airport is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Grass Valley, California.[1] It is also known as Nevada County Airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GOO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned GOO to an airport in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia[4]).

Facilities and aircraft

Nevada County Air Park covers an area of 117 acres (47 ha) at an elevation of 3,154 feet (961 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 4,351 by 75 feet (1,326 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001, the airport had 27,750 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 142 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 1% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for GOO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. 1 2 Nevada County Airport page at Nevada County website
  3. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KGOO - Grass Valley, California - Nevada County Air Park
  4. ↑ Aviation Safety Network: GOO / YDGI - Goondiwindi Airport, QLD, Australia
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