Furnace Creek Airport
L06 · Death Valley National Park, California · Inyo County · map
Furnace Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Dept of Interior/Park Svc in Death Valley National Park, California, -210 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,065 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Furnace Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is L06.
Where is Furnace Creek Airport?
It is in Death Valley National Park, California, -210 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Furnace Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,065 feet long, asphalt.
Does Furnace Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L06
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Dept of Interior/Park Svc
- Elevation
- -210 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,065 × 70 ft | Asphalt, failed |
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern, brush 15 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 33: brush 15 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Furnace Creek Rco | 122.2 | Furnace Creek |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Calvada Meadows Airport (44 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Beatty Airport (24 nm north), Calvada Meadows Airport (44 nm east).
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
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- Airport located 1 SM southwest of Park headquarters.
- Use only marked runway for ground operations. Safety area rough and soft.
- Up to 4 inch salt heave around runway cracks. Could dmg aircraft with wheel fairings or cause a potential to blow out a tire.
- No tiedown ropes or chains available.
- Ditch 145 feet right of runway 33.
- Safety areas adjacent runway closed, stay on paved area only due to extremely soft dirt.
- Airport closed to night operations.
- Runway 15/33 pavement heaving, extremely rough surface. Potential for dmg to aircraft using this runway. Not recommended for aircraft with wheel pants.
- CA state pmt has been suspd until further notice.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Death Valley National Park from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Death Valley National Park, CA as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 engineering representative.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 14 since 1982, 2 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/L06.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 30, 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.