Machado Dusters Airport
CA05 · Stratford, California · Kings County · map
Machado Dusters Airport is a private airport owned by American AG Aviation INC, 2 miles south of Stratford, California, 192 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,600 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 CA05
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- American AG Aviation INC
- Elevation
- 192 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- 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
- March 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,600 × 60 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Visalia Municipal (22 nm northeast), Mefford Field (24 nm east), Fresno Chandler Executive (34 nm north), Reedley Municipal (35 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hanford Municipal (13 nm northeast), Harris Ranch Airport (21 nm west), Visalia Municipal (22 nm northeast), Mefford Field (24 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Lighted power line near runway.
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.
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:
- Central Valley Flight School LLC 3 aircraft · Hanford, 15 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.
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
- Central Valley Flight School LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- 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 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA05.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 30, 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.