Angwin-Parrett Field is a public use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Angwin

Angwin, California

Angwin is a census-designated place in Napa County, United States. California. It is part of the northern San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 3,051 at the 2010 census. Its area code is 707. Its two zip codes are 94508 and 94576. It is in the Pacific time zone.The town was named in 1874 for...

, in Napa County

Napa County, California

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, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by Pacific Union College

Pacific Union College

Pacific Union College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Angwin, California, United States. It is the only four-year college in Napa County, California....

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It is also known as Virgil O. Parrett Field. In 2006, a plan was floated for Pacific Union College to divest the field by selling it for $27 million to the County of Napa.

Facilities and aircraft

Angwin-Parrett Field covers an area of 60 acres (24.3 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,848 feet (563 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 16/34 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 3,217 by 50 feet (981 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2004, the airport had 12,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. At that time there were 38 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 8% multi-engine.

External links

• 2O3 - Angwin/Parrett, California by Robert French, flight instructor
• Aerial image as of 6 July 1993 from USGS The National Map