French Valley Airport
F70 · Murrieta/Temecula, California · Riverside County · map
French Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Riverside, 2 miles northeast of Murrieta/Temecula, California, 1,350 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 257 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 89,790 takeoffs and landings a year. About 139 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for French Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is F70.
Where is French Valley Airport?
It is 2 miles northeast of Murrieta/Temecula, California, 1,350 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at French Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does French Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at French Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at French Valley Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including California Professional Flyers INC and Lake Elsinore Soaring Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to French Valley Airport?
40 pilot examiners and 42 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for French Valley Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F70
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Riverside
- Elevation
- 1,350 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 5 ft high 425 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.5 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.0 | |
| F70 and aWOS-3P | 119.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 951-696-1018.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hemet-Ryan Airport (11 nm northeast), Perris Valley Airport (12 nm north), March Arb Airport (20 nm north).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service 100LL fuel available.
- All departures - noise sensitive areas in vicinity of airport. Best roc recommended to traffic pattern altitude bfr departing the pattern. Calm wind runway 18.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 215 |
| multi-engine | 30 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 10 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 89,790, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 28,677 |
| general aviation, local | 61,057 |
| military | 56 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Murrieta/Temecula from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Murrieta/Temecula, CA as the owner's town.
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:
- California Professional Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Murrieta, 4 miles away
- Lake Elsinore Soaring Club 9 aircraft · Wildomar, 8 miles away
- California Flyers Training Solutions LLC 1 aircraft · Sun City, 10 miles away
- Hemacinto Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · Hemet, 13 miles away Hemacinto Valley Flying Club is a flying club based in Hemet, California that offers affordable aircraft access to members.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
40 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 40 for private pilot, 36 for commercial and instrument, 14 for airline transport pilot, 30 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 37 for airplanes, 23 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 42 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 24 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 10 training center evaluators, 4 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Chad Irick private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murrieta, CA (1 nm) · (951) 306-9820 · [email protected]
- Kelly Lynn Manzani private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · French Valley Airport/Main Terminal Building · Murrieta, CA (1 nm) · (951) 553-5423 · [email protected]
- Clifton Dwayne Shuman private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Prop & Rotor Aviation, LLC · Wildomar, CA (7 nm) · (520) 241-8856 · [email protected]
- Orion Kingman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, gliders · Murrieta, CA (11 nm) · (760) 415-4895 · [email protected]
- Joseph Scarcella private pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Beaumont, CA (24 nm) · (909) 754-9155 · [email protected]
- Patrick Emory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oceanside, CA (24 nm) · (760) 473-9670 · [email protected]
- Reza Malek private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ladera Ranch, CA (25 nm) · (949) 500-1669 · [email protected]
- Jay Eugene Brentzel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carlsbad, CA (28 nm) · (619) 341-0320 · [email protected]
All 155 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 35 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 35 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- California Professional Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Lake Elsinore Soaring Club 9 aircraft · flying club
- California Flyers Training Solutions LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/F70.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 28, 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.