California City Municipal
L71 · California City, California · Kern County · map
California City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of California City, 2 miles northwest of California City, California, 2,454 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,027 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L71
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of California City
- Elevation
- 2,454 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- 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
- May 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,027 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.65 | |
| L71 and aWOS-1 | 120.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-1), by phone 760-373-7670.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in California City from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in California City, California: 4 piston singles, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 3 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
- VFR conditions only.
- Airport closed to night operations until further notice.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 24; PAPI runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 6/24 out of service until further notice.
- Out of service until further notice.
- Out of service until further notice.
- Runway 06/24 paew adjacent runway 7:00 am to 3:00 pm daily.
- PAPI and runway lights are out of service. Airport closed to night operations until further notice.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.