Cable Airport

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Cable Airport
IATA: CCB - ICAO: KCCB - FAA: CCB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Cable Land Co
Serves		Upland, California
Elevation AMSL		1,444 ft (440.1 m)
Coordinates		34°06′41.80″N, 117°41′14.6″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	3,864	1,178	Asphalt

Cable Airport (IATA: CCB, ICAO: KCCB, FAA LID: CCB) is a non-towered, privately-owned general aviation airport in Upland, California. It handles an average of 252 operations per day.^[1]

1 History
2 Today
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Cable-Claremont Airport (as it was known until 1961) was founded in 1945 by Maude and Dewey Cable, who bought the land for $8,500.^[2] The first runway, 1-19, built by Dewey Cable himself, was 1,500 feet long. It ran north-south, perpendicular to the prevailing winds, and had a steep gradient. The main runway, 6-24, was completed six months later. Unlike the first runway, it ran east-west (parallel to the wind, which is ideal), had a hard, flat surface, and by 1947 was 2,350 feet long and 150 feet wide.

[edit] Today

Cable Airport is still owned by the Cable family. Based on number of aircraft based at the field (450), it ranks as the largest privately-owned airport in the world.^[3]