Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport
Encyclopedia
Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport is a public-use airport located 1 nautical miles (2 km) north-west of Calipatria, California
, and approximately 5 smi southeast of the Salton Sea
.
of -182 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway
: 8/26 is 3423 by with an asphalt
surface.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 1,500 general aviation
aircraft operations, an average of 4 per day. At that time there were no aircraft based at this airport.
Calipatria, California
Calipatria is a city in Imperial County, California. Calipatria is located north of El Centro, It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,705 at the 2010 census, up from 7,289 at the 2000 census, including 4000 inmates at Calipatria State Prison...
, and approximately 5 smi southeast of the Salton Sea
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in California's Imperial Valley. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Imperial and Riverside counties in Southern California. Like Death...
.
Facilities and aircraft
Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport covers an area of 200 acres (80.9 ha) at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of -182 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
: 8/26 is 3423 by with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 1,500 general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
aircraft operations, an average of 4 per day. At that time there were no aircraft based at this airport.