40°34′27″N 122°24′27″W / 40.57417°N 122.40750°W
Benton Field Benton Airpark | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Redding | ||||||||||
| Serves | Redding, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 719 ft / 219 m | ||||||||||
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Benton Field[3] (IATA: BZF, FAA LID: O85), also known as Benton Airpark,[4][5] is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Redding, a city in Shasta County, California, United States.[3] It is one of two airports located in the City of Redding, the other being Redding Municipal Airport.[6]
The airport is named for Lt. John W. Benton, an Army Air Corps pilot and a Shasta County resident who died in an airplane crash at Buenos Aires in 1927. The original small airstrip opened on July 4, 1929. [7][8]
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ [1] at City of Redding website
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for O85 PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ "Benton Airpark | City of Redding". www.cityofredding.org. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "Business Briefs: FAA seminar set at Benton Airpark". Redding Record Searchlight. 2008-02-06. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16.
- ^ City of Redding: Airports Division Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Aviation Day" Flies Into Benton Airpark". Press Release. Experimental Aircraft Association, EAA Chapter 157.
- ^ militarymuseum.org, Redding Municipal Airport, page 6, 9, 10, 24, 48