The Desert Resorts Regional Airport is also known as Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport as it was named after the pioneer in aviation Jacqueline Cochran in 2004. This public airport is situated in a place called Thermal in the State of California, USA which lies 32 kilometers to the south-east of Palm Springs.
The airport was established and operated at the time of the Second World War by the Army and Navy of USA. From 1948 to 1998, the Desert Resorts Regional Airport was known as Thermal Airport.
The significant features of the Desert Resorts Regional Airport in California, USA can be listed as follows:
It is a civil airport.
Desert Resorts Regional Airport has been coded as KTRM by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as TRM by International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The two runways of the airport are paved with asphalt and are 8500 and nearly 5000 feet long.
The airport has an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure. This suggests that Desert Resorts Regional Airport has all the provisions for flights to take-off from or land during bad weather or inadequate light.
According to the statistics presented for the year ended December, 2006, the airport operated 209 flights on an average in a day. Of these, 62 percent of consisted of transient general flights, 36 percent consisted of local general flights, while military flights and air taxis had an even share of the remaining 2 percent.
The total of 127 aircrafts based at the Desert Resorts Regional Airport, 100 comprises single engine airplanes, 15 multi-engine airplanes, 5 jet airplanes, 5 ultralight aircrafts, and 2 helicopters.
Besides, the Airport in Desert Resorts Regional also connects several other airports that are located in the neighboring areas. These airports along with their respective codes and distances (in nautical miles) are as follows:
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
- Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) - 9
- Palm Springs International Airport (KPSP) - 21
- Borrego Valley Airport (L08) - 23
- Twentynine Palms Airport (KTNP) - 32
- Twentynine Palms EAF Airport (KNXP) - 40
In addition to this, there are as many as 13 hotels located at Palm Desert any several others in the neighboring areas of Indio, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, and La Quinta.
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