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Independence Airport

Independence Airport is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of Independence, serving Inyo County, California, United States. It has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is a base for the Bureau of Land Management when fighting wildfires in the Eastern Sierra.

Facilities

Independence Airport has two runways:

  • Runway 14/32: 3,722 x 60 ft (1,134 x 18 m), surface: asphalt
  • Runway 05/23: 1,610 x 30 ft (491 x 9 m), surface: dirt

History

During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Lone Pine Airport, California.

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