Moronga Basin Chp Heliport
CL28 · Joshua Tree, California · San Bernardino County · map
Moronga Basin Chp Heliport is a private heliport owned by the State of California, 2 miles east of Joshua Tree, California, 2,485 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 15 by 15 feet of concrete. It has fuel (Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CL28
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of California
- Elevation
- 2,485 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1984
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 15 × 15 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Twentynine Palms Airport (16 nm east), Palm Springs International (22 nm southwest), Bermuda Dunes Airport (23 nm south), Big Bear City Airport (30 nm west).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Palm Springs International (22 nm southwest), Bermuda Dunes Airport (23 nm south), Big Bear City Airport (30 nm west).
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, private use only.
- Activate perimeter lights - 122.750.
- California highway patrol.
- Building 600' north; 60' radio antenna 600 west.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Joshua Tree from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Joshua Tree, California: 10 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Joshua Tree 10 aircraft · 10 piston singles
- 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CL28.json.
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 26, 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.