Lone Pine Airport

Lone Pine Airport (FAA LID: O26) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Lone Pine serving Inyo County, California, United States. The airport has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. Services include air ambulance for the southern part of the county, and search and rescue for Mount Whitney and Death Valley.

Lone Pine Airport
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: O26
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Lone Pine, California
Elevation AMSL	3,680 ft / 1,122 m
Coordinates	36°35′17.760″N 118°03′07.31″W
Map
O26 Location of Lone Pine Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 13G/31G 2,400 732 Dirt

Charts: San Francisco; L5.

UNICOM/CTAF frequency: 122.8

Facilities

Lone Pine Airport has two runways:

• Runway 16/34: 4,000 x 60 ft (1,219 x 18 m), surface: asphalt
• Runway 13/31: 2,400 x 100 ft (732 x 30 m), surface: dirt

World War II

During World War II, the airport was used as a contract flying school by the United States Army Air Forces. The school operated between 1942 and 1944. It also controlled several auxiliary airfields:

• Adamson Landing Field 36°15′23″N 117°59′52″W
• Independence Auxiliary Field 36°48′50″N 118°12′15″W
• Inyo County Auxiliary Field 36°44′13″N 118°08′42″W

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields
• 36th Flying Training Wing (World War II)

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010) Archived 2007-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, also available as a printable form (PDF)

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for O26
  • AirNav airport information for O26
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for O26