Taft-Kern County
L17 · Taft, California · Kern County · map
Taft-Kern County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Kern Dept of Airports, 1 mile east of Taft, California, 858 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,283 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L17
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Kern Dept of Airports
- Elevation
- 858 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 8:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,283 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: pole 25 ft high 385 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Taft from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Taft, California: 12 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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
- Runway 25 steep uphill grade (2.2%).
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and PAPI runway 25 night use only ACTVT- the common traffic frequency.
- Director, Kern County airports
- Self service only.
- Runway 25 +4 feet brush 150 feet from eor 50 feet right.
- Marked with X'S no landings takeoff only.
- Runway 07/25 has a dry streambed northeast end.
- Runway 07 no takeoff with tailwinds.
- No student solo flights permitted.
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.