L17 Taft-Kern County Airport
Taft, CA · 1 mile E of TAFT, CA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 858.2 ft
- Coordinates
- 35-08-29.9691N 119-26-16.2251W
- Lat / Long
- 35.1416581, -119.4378403
- Mag. variation
- 14E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- LOS ANGELES CENTER
- FSS
- RANCHO MURIETA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- RIU (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- SAT-SUN 1000-1600, ALL MON-FRI 0800-1600
- Pattern altitude
- 1658.2 ft. MSL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- MIRL RY 07/25 AND PAPI RY 25 NIGHT USE ONLY ACTVT- CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from L17
Runways
Longest 3,283 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3283 x 60 ft. / 1001 x 18 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 4.0
Runway 7
- Heading
- 066 magnetic, 080 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- NSTD, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 858.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 25 ft. pole, 385 ft. from runway, 100 ft. left of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
Runway 25
- Heading
- 246 magnetic, 260 true
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 759.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF SERVICE ONLY.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF SERVICE ONLY.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MINOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.