Independence Airport | |
Faa: | 2O7 |
Type: | Public |
Location: | Independence, California |
Elevation-F: | 3,900 |
Elevation-M: | 1,189 |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Independence Airport |
Pushpin Label: | 2O7 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,722 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,134 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 05/23 |
R2-Length-F: | 1,610 |
R2-Length-M: | 491 |
R2-Surface: | Dirt |
Independence Airport is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of Independence, serving Inyo County, California, United States. It has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is a base for the Bureau of Land Management when fighting wildfires in the Eastern Sierra.[1]
Independence Airport has two runways:
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Lone Pine Airport, California.