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Gray Butte Field

04CA · Palmdale, California · Los Angeles County · map

Gray Butte Field is a private airport owned by Sorrento West Properties, INC, 25 miles east of Palmdale, California, 3,039 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 8,047 feet of asphalt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA 04CA
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Sorrento West Properties, INC
Elevation
3,039 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
1,500 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Los Angeles sectional
Magnetic variation
11E
In the FAA's files since
July 2002

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0826N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
08/268,047 × 150 ftAsphalt
  • Runway 08: threshold displaced 321 ft
  • Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

UNICOM122.975

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Southern California Logistics Airport (14 nm east), Apple Valley Airport (24 nm east), Cable Airport (27 nm south), Brackett Field (29 nm south).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Southern California Logistics Airport (14 nm east), Hesperia Airport (21 nm southeast), Apple Valley Airport (24 nm east), Cable Airport (27 nm south).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Provided private use; VFR operations; obstruction free approach and departure surfaces; and install lighting if operations are conducted between sunset and sunrise.
  • Cons large 12500 LB plus mtow remotely piloted aircraft systems (rpas)/UNMANNED aircraft systems (drone (UAS)) operations in class G and east asp surface to 13000 feet above sea level in the vicinity of 04CA Gray Butte field and/or transit to/from R-2515. Check NOTAMs, drone (UAS) operg areas (uoa) and contact joshua approach for status of rpas/drone (UAS) traffic.
  • Gxa automated weather (ASOS) is associated with Gray Butte field.
  • Aircraft transiting 04CA rmn well clear avoiding the flow of FIXED-WING traffic pattern. Rpas/drone (UAS) pattern altitude is 1500 feet above ground level.
  • Bird and animal strike haz in area, vicinity all runways, taxiways, and ramps.
  • Runway const cmpltd 6/26/2025. Full length runway asphalt rplcmt. Runway striped as pir.
  • Asphalt rplcmt cmpltd 6/26/2025 west taxiway only: TX-A-1, AHOLD-3, and TX-A-1N.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Palmdale from the FAA register

47 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmdale, California: 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 gliders, 2 balloons, 1 electric aircraft. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2019-11-25DCA20CA028 · General Atomics Mq-9 N341HK · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/04CA.json.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.