Stovepipe Wells Airport
L09 · Death Valley National Park, California · Inyo County · map
Stovepipe Wells Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Dept of Interior/Park Svc, 1 mile west of Death Valley National Park, California, 25 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,260 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Stovepipe Wells Airport?
Its FAA code is L09.
Where is Stovepipe Wells Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Death Valley National Park, California, 25 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Stovepipe Wells Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,260 feet long, asphalt.
Does Stovepipe Wells 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 L09
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Dept of Interior/Park Svc
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- 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
- March 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,260 × 65 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern, road 10 ft high 420 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport (43 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Beatty Airport (24 nm northeast), Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport (43 nm west).
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
- Aircraft need to be parked at least 75 feet from runway centerline to rmn out of runway safety area.
- +4' dike 180' from threshold; +5' brush 0' from threshold 40' R.
- 05/23 centerline is short dashes.
- Pavement is in poor, but stbl condition.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 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/L09.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.