Ancient Valley/Pontious Airport
1CL2 · Mojave, California · Kern County · map
Ancient Valley/Pontious Airport is a private airport, 7 miles south of Mojave, California, 2,610 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 1,900 feet of dirt.
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 1CL2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,610 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1988
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,900 × 50 ft | Dirt | |
| 07/25 | 1,300 × 50 ft | Dirt |
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: Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (7 nm north), General WM J Fox Airfield (12 nm south), California City Municipal (15 nm northeast), Tehachapi Municipal (18 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rosamond Skypark Airport (5 nm south), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (7 nm north), General WM J Fox Airfield (12 nm south), California City Municipal (15 nm northeast).
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
- Provide airport used during VFR conditions only; and users are cautioned about high speed low altitude jet operations route IR 256 which is west of airport and runs along a line westward to southeast.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mojave from the FAA register
108 aircraft are registered to owners in Mojave, California: 58 piston singles, 24 business jets, 8 helicopters, 7 piston twins, 4 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- National Test Pilot School 35 aircraft · Mojave, 8 miles away The National Test Pilot School is an accredited institution of higher education located in Mojave, California that offers Master of Science degrees in Flight Test Engineering and Flight Test and Evaluation, along with professional 50-week c
- Edwards Aero Club 4 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 14 miles away
- 95 Msg/Svra Aero Club 1 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 14 miles away
- Capper Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Lancaster, 14 miles away
- Edwards Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Mojave:
- Asb Avionics INC ASB Avionics is a repair station in Mojave, California, that provides avionics repair, retrofits, fabrication, and installations for general aviation, air transport, corporate, military, and government aircraft.
- Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services INC
- Commercial Aircraft Parts, Services, Eng. & Design
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
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 Mojave 108 aircraft · 58 piston singles, 24 business jets, 8 helicopters
- National Test Pilot School 35 aircraft in town
- Scaled Composites LLC 13 aircraft in town
- Elliott Frank F 4 aircraft in town
- Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services INC 3 aircraft in town
- National Test Pilot School 35 aircraft · flight school
- Edwards Aero Club 4 aircraft · flying club
- 95 Msg/Svra Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Asb Avionics INC · repair station
- Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services INC · repair station
- Commercial Aircraft Parts, Services, Eng. & Design · repair station
- 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1CL2.json.
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 26, 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.