Imperial County
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Imperial County is a public-use airport owned by Imperial County, 1 mile south of Imperial, California, -54 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,308 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IPL · ICAO KIPL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Imperial County
- Elevation
- -54 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,308 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,501 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, fence 9 ft high 425 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 59 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 32 ft high 1,575 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | · Use: clearance delivery/P. |
| Ipl and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.175 | |
| El Centro Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-355-2851.
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Aircraft registered in Imperial from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Imperial, California: 8 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 1 drone. 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 · 12 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 08/26 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Overnight TIE-DOWN fee.
- Runway 08/26 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- In VFR conditions, avoid naf EL centro traffic; aircraft depg kipl runway 26 make an imt right turn and stay below 1000 feet; contact naf tower 119.1 for adzy.
- Frq HIGH-SPD military jet traffic transits Imperial County traffic area WB descending VFR to naf EL cenrto. Avoid 2500 feet to 3500 feet above sea level near Imperial County. Contact naf tower 119.1 for navy traffic adzy.
- Radio ant +70 feet located on control tower at midfield runway 14/32 and 500 feet west runway centerline.
- Taxiway C3 closed between runway 14/32 and taxiway C5.
- Noise abatement: noise sensitive area northeast edge of AP: schools and residential. Conditions pmtg, helicopter arrivals should be to runway 32, touchdown midfield (between taxiway A4 and A3). Helicopter departures should be from runway 14 midfield. When conditions required runway 32 departure, mntn runway centerline for 1.5 NM before initiating turn. For helicopter training patterns/autorotations use runway 08/26, maximum of 3 circuits. Between sunset to sunrise avoid cons pattern circuits.
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.