Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Eureka

Eureka, California

Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....

, a city in Humboldt County

Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay.

Facilities and aircraft

Eureka Municipal Airport covers an area of 657 acres (265.9 ha) and is approximately 20 ft (6.1 m). above mean sea level (MSL). It has one runway

Runway

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, 16/34, with a 2,700 x 60 ft (823 x 18 m) asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface. It is used entirely for general aviation

General aviation

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 purposes; 60% of traffic being local and 40% being transient. For the 12-month period ending December 3, 2004, the airport had 5,000 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 11% ultralight.

Other local airports

• Arcata-Eureka Airport
  Arcata-Eureka Airport
  Arcata/Eureka Airport , also known as Arcata Airport, is an airport located north of Eureka in the unincorporated town of McKinleyville, California. This regional airport serves Humboldt County, including the two primary regional cities that compose its name: Arcata and Eureka. The airport is a...
  
  
• Kneeland Airport
  Kneeland Airport
  Kneeland Airport is a public airport operated by Humboldt County and located 10 miles southeast of the central business district of Eureka, USA. The airport is co-located with a California Dept. of Forestry Helitack Station. Located on a mountain ridge line at over 2,700 ft...
  
   - located ten miles (16 km) southeast of Eureka
  Eureka, California
  Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....
  
  
• Murray Field
  Murray Field
  Murray Field is a county-owned public-use airport in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is three nautical miles east of the central business district of Eureka....
  
   - located in Eureka
  Eureka, California
  Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....