Airport Fire
The Airport Fire was reported on September 9, 2024 in Orange County, California and burned 23,526 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 23,526 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 9, 2024
- Personnel
- 180
Map
Perimeter mapped December 26, 2024 at 6:46 AM PST, 23,519 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 33.668, -117.565.
The incident
- Size
- 23,526 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 15, 2024 at 12:41 PM PST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Trabuco Canyon
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- Trabuco Canyon
- Protecting agency
- CAL FIRE
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 180
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $89,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-CAORC-127883
- IRWIN identifier
- 8DE09A3A-443F-4D3F-8A56-6A650C70C41A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 9, 2024 (5,431 acres) to September 17, 2024 (23,519 acres). The largest one-day growth was 13,597 acres, mapped September 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 9, 2024 | 5,431 | |
| September 10, 2024 | 19,028 | +13,597 |
| September 11, 2024 | 23,140 | +4,112 |
| September 13, 2024 | 23,519 | +379 |
| September 17, 2024 | 23,519 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trabuco Canyon, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trabuco Canyon, CA1 mile west of the fire’s origin
- Rancho Santa Margarita, CA3 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Portola Hills, CA4 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Coto De Caza, CA5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Foothill Ranch, CA6 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Las Flores, CA7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 26, 2024 at 6:46 AM PST. Identifier 2024-CAORC-127883.