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STATUS REPORT ON LODI (LIND' S) AIRPORT Lodi (Land' s) Airport is a privately-owned basic utility airport located west of State Route 99 and south of Jahant Road, adjacent to the Collierville Rural Residential Area in the north-central portion of San Joaquin County. The airport is owned and operated by Robert Kupka. Airport Facilities : The airport has two asphalt-paved runways. Runway 8-26 is the primary runway and is oriented east-west , with a 3 ,090-foot-long runway, 24 feet wide, and a 620-toot overrun. Runway 12-30 is the secondary runway (also called the crosswind runway) and is oriented northwest-southeast , with a 2 , 250-foot-long runway, 30 feet wide (refer to the Land Use Map) . The primary runway has basic markings and is equipped with VASI (Visual Approach Slope Indicator) lights. The secondary runway has basic markings and no lighting. There are no navigational aids other than a wind indicator . Airport imaginary surfaces were adopted for both the primary and secondary runways as part of the San Joaquin County Council of Governments ' Airport Land Use Plan (refer to Airport Zone Map and Page 6 of this report) . The airport also consists of 150 hangar spaces, 52 tie-down spa- ces, a flight school facility, airport office, restaurant , and 19 repair/maintenance buildings. There are seven fixed base opera- tors, including the airport owner/operator , four crop dusting firms, one parachute jumping firm, and one flight instruction firm. A recent aviation facilities inventory and safety inspection con- ducted by the State Division of Aeronautics did not identify any safety deficiencies at the airport (refer to Page 7 of this report) . Airport Operations: At the present time, there are 165 fixed base aircraft at the airport . These are primarily single-engine planes, but there are also 20 twin-engine planes, five helicopters, three DC-31s, and one 10-passenger jet . Based on the number of fixed base planes, the Division of Aeronautics estimates that the airport generates 107 , 250 aircraft operations per year. This volume ranks Lodi (Lind' s) Airport second in the County after Stockton Metro Airport in number of aircraft operations . The primary runway (8-26) is utilized during fair weather con- ditions and accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total flight operations. The secondary runway ( 12-30) is utilized during adverse weather conditions, essentially during the four- month winter season between November and March. This runway is also used on weekends year-round for individual parachute jumping Lodi (Land' s) Airport - 2 - (PC : 4-2-87)