Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,718 ft / 524 m 5,910 1,801 | Serves Trona, California 17/35 5,910 1,801 Asphalt | |
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Owners United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management | ||
Trona Airport (IATA: TRH, FAA LID: L72) is a public use airport in Inyo County, California, United States. The airport is owned by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and located four nautical miles (7.4 km) north of the central business district of Trona, California. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned L72 by the FAA but has the designation TRH from the IATA.
History
During World War II it was an outlying airstrip supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station Mojave located near Mojave, California.
The airport was served by Golden West Airlines during the mid 1970s with scheduled passenger flights operated with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops direct to Los Angeles (LAX).
Facilities and aircraft
Trona Airport covers an area of 150 acres (61 ha) at an elevation of 1,718 feet (524 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,910 by 60 feet (1,801 x 18 m). It also has one helipad designated H1 with an asphalt surface measuring 52 by 52 feet (16 x 16 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 9, 2012, the airport had 7,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day. At that time there were two ultralight aircraft based at this airport.