🇺🇸 Fullerton Municipal Airport

Fullerton Municipal Airport (KFUL/FUL) is a public-use regional relief airport located three miles west of Fullerton, California, in Orange County,,.

• Type of Facility: Publicly-owned and operated by the City of Fullerton, open to the public,. It is a regional relief airport.
• Location and Runway Information:
• Latitude/Longitude: 33-52-19.251 N / 117-58-47.223 W.
• Elevation: 96 feet.
• Runway: One asphalt runway, 6/24, measuring 3,121 x 75 feet,,.
• It also has a heliport, H1, measuring 37 x 37 feet.
• Known Uses: Popular among private pilots, with occasional flights to and from Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. It has a control tower, attendance hours, and offers services like fuel (100LL, Jet A), parking, and aircraft maintenance,. The California Highway Patrol, Anaheim Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, and Mercy Air maintain helicopters at the airfield.
• Historical Significance: Traces its origins to 1913 as a makeshift landing strip,. Officially established in January 1927,. The airport's FAA control tower, added in 1959, was the first in Orange County,. It was once known unofficially as the "Fullerton Air Force" due to the large number of planes based there in the late 1940s.

*Sources researched: nfdc.faa.gov, airnav.com, cityoffullerton.com, en.wikipedia.org, vfrmap.com*