California Forestry Marsh S2F Turbo Tracker N439DF Conducts Multiple Sorties from Paso Robles in August 2026

California Department of Forestry's Marsh S2F3AT Turbo Tracker N439DF, call sign CFR74, flew multiple sorties from Paso Robles Airport between August 16 and August 22, 2026.

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Industry impact

The activity illustrates how state firefighting fleets rely on repeated short-duration sorties from regional airports during peak wildfire periods.

Aircraft N439DF, a Marsh S2F3AT Turbo Tracker operated by the California Department of Forestry, flew under call sign CFR74 out of Paso Robles Airport (PRB) between August 16 and August 22, 2026. On August 16 the aircraft flew one sortie, departing at 21:01 and landing at 22:03, a flight time of 1 hour 2 minutes. On August 19 a departure was logged at 17:14 with the destination not recorded.

On August 20 the aircraft flew at least five sorties: departures at 01:24 (destination not recorded), 20:34 (landing 21:14, 40 minutes), 21:12 (landing 21:31, 19 minutes), 22:52 (landing 23:21, 30 minutes), and 23:31 (destination not recorded). On August 22 the aircraft departed at 18:47 and landed at 20:54, a flight time of 2 hours 7 minutes.