Harris Ranch Airport is an airstrip near Coalinga, California

Coalinga, California

Coalinga is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 13,380 at the 2010 census, up from 11,668 at the 2000 census. It is the site of both Pleasant Valley State Prison and Coalinga State Hospital. Coalinga is located southwest of Fresno, at an elevation of 673 feet .-Early...

, next to Interstate 5

Interstate 5

Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...

. To the north of the airport is the Harris Ranch Restaurant and Inn. The airport has been open since March 1981.

There is only one runway, 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 2820 feet (859.5 m) long. Parking and fuel are on the north end near the restaurant. On the south end of the runway is a run-up area.

Uses

An average of 27 operations per day occur at Harris Ranch. All are transient 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...

flights; no aircraft are based there.