Pine Mountain Lake Airport
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Pine Mountain Lake Airport , formerly Q68, is a public airport
located three miles (4.8 km) northeast of Groveland
, serving Tuolumne County
, California
, USA
. The airport is used mostly for general aviation
. The airport is part of the Pine Mountain Lake
community. The airport has public access.
s and has one runway
:
Cautions to pilots: "Be alert deer on and in vicinity of airport especially Nov-Apr."
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located three miles (4.8 km) northeast of Groveland
Groveland, California
Groveland is a census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California. Groveland sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Groveland's population was 601....
, serving Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,365, up from 54,501 at the 2000 census...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA
United States
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. The airport is used mostly for 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...
. The airport is part of the Pine Mountain Lake
Pine Mountain Lake, California
Pine Mountain Lake is a private gated community and a census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California. It is located eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland. Pine Mountain Lake sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Pine Mountain Lake's...
community. The airport has public access.
Facilities
Pine Mountain Lake Airport covers 52 acreAcre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s and 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...
:
- Runway 9/27: 3,625 x 50 ft (1,105 x 15 m), Surface: AsphaltAsphaltAsphalt 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...
Cautions to pilots: "Be alert deer on and in vicinity of airport especially Nov-Apr."