Monache Meadows Airport
L80 · Lone Pine, California · Inyo County · map
Monache Meadows Airport is a public-use airport owned by Inyo National Forest, 24 miles south of Lone Pine, California, 7,874 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,383 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L80
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Inyo National Forest
- Elevation
- 7,874 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2025
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,383 × 30 ft | Grass and dirt |
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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 Lone Pine from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Lone Pine, California: 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 8 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
- Hazardous airport conditions; MT flying experience required. Departure after 0900 not recommended due to density altitude over 10000 feet.
- Surface conditions not mntd. No winter maintenance; may be soft/wet in the spring. Seasonal closures - check NOTAMs. Wildlife and cattle on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway ends marked with white discs. Recommended arrival runway 34, departure runway 16 when wind conditions pmt. Wind socks located at each end of the runway due to unpredictable gusting wind conditions. Ctn: runway 34 GO-ARND not recommended.
- NOISE-SENSITIVE area. Night operations prohibited. Do not overfly ranch south of the airport.
- Flight flwg recommended with joshua approach due to moa actvty - 126.55 NORTH/133.65 south.
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.