Poso-Kern County
L73 · Famoso, California · Kern County · map
Poso-Kern County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Kern Dept of Airports, 4 miles east of Famoso, California, 635 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L73
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Kern Dept of Airports
- Elevation
- 635 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 210 ft, trees 15 ft high 621 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Famoso from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Famoso, CA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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 5/1/59.
- Director, Kern County airports
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Airport closed to night operations.
- Areas of open apron rough and deteriorating.
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.