Kneeland Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 operated by 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...

 and located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 (CBD) 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....

, USA

United States

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. The airport is co-located with a California Dept. of Forestry

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

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 (CDF) Helitack

Helitack

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 Station. Located on a mountain ridge line at over 2,700 ft. above sea level, this key airfield is mostly used by general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft, which sometimes seek an alternate airport when nearby low lying airports (i.e. Eureka, Arcata and Fortuna) are obscured or closed by recurrent dense coastal fog.

Facilities

Kneeland Airport covers 14 acres (56,656 m²) and has one runway

Runway

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• Runway 15/33: 2,270 x 50 ft (692 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
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Ecology

The airport bisects the only known population of the Kneeland Prairie pennycress

Thlaspi californicum

Thlaspi californicum is a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Kneeland Prairie penny-cress. It is endemic to California, where it is known from only one stretch of grassland in Humboldt County. It is threatened by development. It is a federally listed...

 (Thlaspi californicum), a federally listed endangered species of plant.

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...
  
  
• Eureka Municipal Airport (California)
  Eureka Municipal Airport (California)
  Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two miles west of the central business district of Eureka, a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. The airport is on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay....
  
  
• 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....