On the lee side of the Diablo Range mountains, Byron experiences 10-30 knot winds and thermals. Local student pilots often use Byron to practice crosswind landings.
Uncontrolled and relatively isolated, Byron supports organizations for skydiving and soaring. For skydiving, the popular drop zone is on the north end of the airport and serviced by Bay Area Skydiving. For soaring, the Northern California Soaring Association offers instructions on weekends in flying gliders.
All pilots should be mindful of the variable wind and thermals, rising terrain, and traffic without radios.
Facilitiesedit
Byron Airport covers 1,421 acres (575 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 4,500 x 100 ft (1,372 x 30 m) and 5/23 is 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).[1]
In the year ending January 29, 2004 the airport had 60,050 aircraft operations, average 164 per day: 99.9% general aviation and <1% military. 130 aircraft are based at this airport: 69% single-engine, 15% glider, 8% multi-engine, 5% jet and 3% ultralight.[1]
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^ abcdFAA Airport Form 5010 for C83 PDF, effective 2007-10-25
byron, airport, public, airport, miles, south, byron, contra, costa, county, california, united, states, national, plan, integrated, airport, systems, 2007, 2011, categorized, reliever, airport, 2017iata, noneicao, nonefaa, c83summaryairport, typepublicownerco. Byron Airport FAA LID C83 is a public airport two miles south of Byron in Contra Costa County California United States 1 2 The FAA s National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007 2011 categorized it as a reliever airport 3 Byron AirportByron Airport in 2017IATA noneICAO noneFAA LID C83SummaryAirport typePublicOwnerContra Costa CountyLocationByron CaliforniaElevation AMSL79 ft 24 mCoordinates37 49 42 N 121 37 33 W 37 82833 N 121 62583 W 37 82833 121 62583MapC83RunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 12 30 4 500 1 372 Asphalt 5 23 3 000 914 AsphaltStatistics 2004 Aircraft operations60 050Based aircraft130Source Federal Aviation Administration 1 Contents 1 About 2 Facilities 3 References 4 External links 5 See alsoAbout editOn the lee side of the Diablo Range mountains Byron experiences 10 30 knot winds and thermals Local student pilots often use Byron to practice crosswind landings Uncontrolled and relatively isolated Byron supports organizations for skydiving and soaring For skydiving the popular drop zone is on the north end of the airport and serviced by Bay Area Skydiving For soaring the Northern California Soaring Association offers instructions on weekends in flying gliders All pilots should be mindful of the variable wind and thermals rising terrain and traffic without radios Facilities editByron Airport covers 1 421 acres 575 ha and has two asphalt runways 12 30 is 4 500 x 100 ft 1 372 x 30 m and 5 23 is 3 000 x 75 ft 914 x 23 m 1 In the year ending January 29 2004 the airport had 60 050 aircraft operations average 164 per day 99 9 general aviation and lt 1 military 130 aircraft are based at this airport 69 single engine 15 glider 8 multi engine 5 jet and 3 ultralight 1 References edit a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for C83 PDF effective 2007 10 25 Byron Airport Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved 2009 05 04 FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems 2007 2011External links editByron Airport at Contra Costa County Airports website Northern California Soaring Association Bay Area Skydiving Resources for this airport FAA airport information for C83 AirNav airport information for C83 FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker SkyVector aeronautical chart for C83See also editList of airports in the San Francisco Bay Area nbsp This article about a California airport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Contra Costa County California building and structure related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Byron Airport amp oldid 1138954974, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
