Inyokern Airport
IYK · KIYK · Inyokern, California · Kern County · map
Inyokern Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northwest of Inyokern, California, 2,457 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 7,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IYK · ICAO KIYK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,457 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 7,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 6,275 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 4,150 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 320 ft
- Runway 28: threshold displaced 103 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.65 |
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Aircraft registered in Inyokern from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Inyokern, California: 17 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 10 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 VASI runway 20; medium-intensity runway lights runways 02/20, 10/28, 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 02, 15 and 33 operates continuously.
- Poor but stable. Ptns of runway centerline marking obscd by crack filler.
- Pavement experiencing longl and lateral block cracking on ptns of runway.
- Runway 02/20 and 15/33 have dstc rmng signs.
- Frequent glider operations on weekends.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.