Shoshone Airport
L61 · Shoshone, California · Inyo County · map
Shoshone Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Inyo, 1 mile south of Shoshone, California, 1,568 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,380 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L61
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Inyo
- Elevation
- 1,568 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1948
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,380 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: trees 30 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern, berm 7 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Shoshone from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shoshone, CA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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.
- Obstructions part 77 mtns north of airport, P-LINE east of runway and hill southeast eor.
- Runway edge lights are mounted on short 3-4 inch stout NON-FRANGIBLE posts.
- +15 feet road 0 feet from thld 110 feet R to 200 feet from thld 60 feet R.
- +7 feet berm 0 feet from thld 125 feet R to 200 feet from thld 115 feet R.
- Runway 15/33 closed to helicopters.
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.