Avenal
CA69 · Avenal, California · Kings County · map
Avenal is a private gliderport owned by Avenal Gliderport Corporation in Avenal, California, 782 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,770 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CA69
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Avenal Gliderport Corporation
- Elevation
- 782 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,770 × 60 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 25 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 30: fence 4 ft high 130 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Avenal from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Avenal, California: 4 gliders, 2 turboprops, 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 gliderport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this gliderport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Field condition fair to good.
- (E98) plus one shelter.
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.