Delano Municipal
DLO · KDLO · Delano, California · Kern County · map
Delano Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Delano, 2 miles southeast of Delano, California, 315 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,659 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KDLO · observed 12:55 pm PDT (19:55 UTC), 0 minutes ago
- Wind from the west (280°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDLO 061955Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM 33/10 A2989 RMK AO2 T03280100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DLO · ICAO KDLO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Delano
- Elevation
- 315 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,659 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,629 ft, trees 30 ft high 240 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.9 | |
| Dlo and aWOS-3P | 119.55 | |
| Bakersfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 661-721-2668.
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.
Aircraft registered in Delano from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Delano, California: 3 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Seasonal crop duster operations on airport east of runway 15/33. Area east of runway is rstrd agricultural use only.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst sunset to sunrise; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- (E81) runway 15/33 runway exit lights.
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.