Newton Field
12CL · Stratford, California · Kings County · map
Newton Field is a private airport, 3 miles southwest of Stratford, California, 194 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,790 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 12CL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 194 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,790 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 130 ft
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Visalia Municipal (24 nm northeast), Mefford Field (25 nm east), Fresno Chandler Executive (35 nm north), Reedley Municipal (36 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hanford Municipal (14 nm northeast), Harris Ranch Airport (20 nm west), Visalia Municipal (24 nm northeast), Mefford Field (25 nm east).
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
- Non compliance far 157.
- <keep below 1000' in vicinity of airport.
- Heavy military traffic in vicinity.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Stratford from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Stratford, California: 6 piston singles, 2 turboprops. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Stratford 8 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 2 turboprops
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/12CL.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 29, 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.