Kelly Airport
51CA · Lucerne Valley, California · San Bernardino County · map
Kelly Airport is a private airport, 17 miles east of Lucerne Valley, California, 2,806 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,010 feet of dirt.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
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 51CA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,806 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 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,010 × 100 ft | Dirt |
- Runway 30: power line 30 ft high 600 ft from the end
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: Big Bear City Airport (15 nm southwest), Barstow-Daggett Airport (27 nm north), Apple Valley Airport (30 nm west), Palm Springs International (36 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Big Bear City Airport (15 nm southwest), Barstow-Daggett Airport (27 nm north), Apple Valley Airport (30 nm west), Banning Municipal (32 nm south).
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; pvt use only; provided takeoffs are conducted to the northwest and landings are made to the southeast; traffic patterns should be established southwesterly of the runway alignment.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lucerne Valley from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Lucerne Valley, California: 3 piston singles. 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 Lucerne Valley 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,094 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 28,286 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/51CA.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 November 13, 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.