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.
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What is the airport code for Shoshone Airport?
Its FAA code is L61.
Where is Shoshone Airport?
It is 1 mile south of Shoshone, California, 1,568 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Shoshone Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,380 feet long, asphalt.
Does Shoshone 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 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 (23 nm northeast), Jean Airport (47 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Calvada Meadows Airport (23 nm northeast), Jean Airport (47 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.
- 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.
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 Shoshone from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shoshone, 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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/L61.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 29, 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.