Los Banos Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Los Banos Municipal Airport


IATA = LSN
ICAO = KLSN
FAA = LSN
type = Public
owner = City of Los Banos
operator =
city-served = Los Banos, California
location =
elevation-f = 121
elevation-m = 37
website =
r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 3,800
r1-length-m = 1,158
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 16,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 34
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=LSN|use=PU|own=PU|site=01839.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Los Banos Municipal Airport airport codes|LSN|KLSN|LSN is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Los Banos, a city in Merced County, California, United States.

Facilities and aircraft

Los Banos Municipal Airport covers an area of 101 acres (41 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (14/32) measuring 3,800 x 75 ft (1,158 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending October 23, 2006, the airport had 16,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 43 per day. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport:76% single-engine, 6% multi-engine and 18% helicopter.

Hazardous materials issues

Historically a release of hazardous materials to the environment has occurred at the airport. Groundwater in the site vicinity is perched in a high water table, with depth to groundwater being only seven to ten feet below the surface. Therefore, any release of contaminants to the soil poses a risk to aquifer contamination. The chief hazardous substances of concern at the airport are derived from prior pesticides and herbicides used by crop dusting aircraft; these operations ceased in 1989. At the present time, no such flights are authorized from the airport; in fact, the only hazardous materials presently used and stored at the airport are those associated with the underground gasoline fuel storage tanks. Surface runoff and groundwater flow is generally to the northeast toward the San Joaquin River.

Rinse water from maintenance operations flows into a storm drainage system and pesticide chemicals, which have previously contaminated soil and groundwater on the site, may have been introduced to the environment via this route. Contaminants include S,S,S-tributyl phosphorotrithioate (DEF), dicapthon, and bromophosethyl. These contaminants have been found in wells owned by the Los Banos Community Water District within three miles (5 km) of the airport."Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Assessors Parcel Number 27-130-06, Los Banos, California", Earth Metrics Report 10220, Merced County Health Department, October 30, 1989]

References

External links

* [http://www.losbanos.org/departments_public_works_airport.php Los Banos Airport] at City of Los Banos web site
* [http://www.ourlosbanos.com/airport.html Pictures of the Los Banos Airport] at OurLosBanos.com
*US-airport-ga|LSN|-