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
- 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.