Airports · California · ultralight field · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Tera

0CL8 · Ridgecrest, California · Kern County · map

Tera is a private ultralight field, 2 miles southeast of Ridgecrest, California, 2,510 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 3,500 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 0CL8
Kind: Ultralight field · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 2,510 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, daylight hours
On the chart: Las Vegas sectional
Magnetic variation: 14E
In the FAA's files since: October 1987

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
06/24	3,500 × 80 ft	Grass
H1	80 × 80 ft	Sand

Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern
Runway 24: threshold displaced 800 ft

Aircraft registered in Ridgecrest from the FAA register

45 aircraft are registered to owners in Ridgecrest, California: 32 piston singles, 8 gliders, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this ultralight field; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this ultralight field alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Sierra Soaring Club 3Placebo Air LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.

Accidents and incidents at or near this ultralight field NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this ultralight field.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Inyokern Airport IYK · 10 nm northwest Trona Airport L72 · 20 nm northeast Sce Ridgecrest Service Center Heliport CL15 · 2 nm northwest · private Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Helistop 1 CA77 · 3 nm northwest · private China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) NID · 6 nm northwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR/pvt use.
Ultralight and sailplane/glider actvity on and in the vicinity of airport.
Pattern altitude for runway 06/24 400 feet.
From flying north of southern CAL-EDISION power lines, if going TO-FM airport all approach and departure are to the east, south. If to west departure at 1000 feet above ground level minimum altitude due to housing area 2 miles west of airport.

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.