Thayer Aviation Airport
53CN · Grimes, California · Colusa County · map
Thayer Aviation Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northwest of Grimes, California, 54 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NW/SE, is 1,800 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 53CN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 54 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 1,800 × 60 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in Grimes from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Grimes, California: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Hngr northeast corner and pwr line east side of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.