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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
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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.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.