Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport

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Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport
IATA: TRM - ICAO: KTRM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Riverside County
Serves		Thermal, California
Elevation AMSL		-114 ft (-34.7 m)
Coordinates		33°37′36″N, 116°09′34.75″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	8,500	2,591	Asphalt
12/30	4,995	1,522	Asphalt

Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (IATA: TRM, ICAO: KTRM) is a public airport located in Thermal, California, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Palm Springs.

Built during World War II and used by both the US Army and US Navy, Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport has had several name changes. As a civilian facility, it was called Thermal Airport from 1948 to 1998. To better reflect its regional function, the name was then changed to Desert Resorts Regional Airport. The most recent name change, to honor the pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran, took place in 2004.

The airport is one mile west of the 86S Expressway and six miles south of Interstate 10 in the lower Coachella Valley of central Riverside County, an area known as the Desert Resorts Region. The communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Coachella, Indio and Thermal surround the airport.

[edit] Facilities

Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport covers 1,850 acres and has two runways:

• Runway 17/35: 8,500 x 150 ft. (2,591 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 12/30: 4,995 x 100 ft. (1,522 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] External links

• Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission
• Background Data: Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, 28-Jun-2005 (PDF 2846 kb)
• Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport Airshow
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KTRM
  • ASN Accident history for KTRM
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTRM
  • FAA current TRM delay information