Chemehuevi Valley Airport
49X · Chemehuevi Valley, California · San Bernardino County · map
Chemehuevi Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, 4 miles north of Chemehuevi Valley, California, 638 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 2,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Chemehuevi Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is 49X.
Where is Chemehuevi Valley Airport?
It is 4 miles north of Chemehuevi Valley, California, 638 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Chemehuevi Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Chemehuevi Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Chemehuevi Valley Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Fly White Cloud LLC and Patriot Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chemehuevi Valley Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chemehuevi Valley Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49X
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
- Elevation
- 638 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lake Havasu City Airport (4 nm northeast), Needles Airport (17 nm northwest), Avi Suquilla Airport (24 nm south), Sun Valley Airport (29 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Havasu City Airport (4 nm northeast), Needles Airport (17 nm northwest), Avi Suquilla Airport (24 nm south), Sun Valley Airport (29 nm north).
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
- VFR use only.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chemehuevi Valley from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chemehuevi Valley, CA as the owner's town.
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:
- Fly White Cloud LLC 3 aircraft · Lake Havasu City, 5 miles away White Cloud Aviation is a flight training company based in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, serving residents of Wickenburg, Las Vegas, and surrounding areas.
- Patriot Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Lake Havasu City, 5 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 training center examiner.
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Fly White Cloud LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Patriot Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/49X.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 28, 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.