Jacumba Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Jacumba

Jacumba, California

Jacumba is a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. It was treated as a census-designated place for the first time in the 2010 census, when it had a population of 561. The ZIP code is 91934 and the town lies within area code 619...

, in San Diego County

San Diego County, California

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, California

California

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, United States

United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Jacumba Airport covers an area of 135 acres (54.6 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 2,844 feet (867 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 7/25 with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 2,508 by 100 feet (764 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 325 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per month.

External links

• Jacumba Airport at County of San Diego web site
• Aerial image as of 28 May 2002 from USGS The National Map