Mountain Valley Airport
L94 · Tehachapi, California · Kern County · map
Mountain Valley Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southeast of Tehachapi, California, 4,220 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09L/27R, is 4,890 feet of asphalt and dirt.
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What is the airport code for Mountain Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is L94.
Where is Mountain Valley Airport?
It is 2 miles southeast of Tehachapi, California, 4,220 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Mountain Valley Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09L/27R, is 4,890 feet long.
Does Mountain Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Mountain Valley Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: North County Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mountain Valley Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Mountain Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L94
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 4,220 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1968
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 4,890 × 36 ft | Asphalt and dirt, fair | |
| 09R/27L | 4,890 × 36 ft | Asphalt and dirt, fair |
- Runway 09L: road 37 ft high 1,240 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: right-hand traffic pattern, berm 18 ft high 510 ft from the end
- Runway 09R: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 79 ft high 2,140 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: berm 18 ft high 560 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Tehachapi Municipal (2 nm north), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (14 nm east), California City Municipal (20 nm east), General WM J Fox Airfield (24 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tehachapi Municipal (2 nm north), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (14 nm east), Rosamond Skypark Airport (18 nm southeast), California City Municipal (20 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
- <gliders approach from north, use runway 9L/27R; pwr aircraft approach from south, use runway 9R/27L.
- Restricted to sailplane use.
- Runway end 09L first 1,200 feet an X 36 feet dirt; runway end 27R remaining 3,690 feet asphalt of varying widths.
- Runway end 09R first 1,200 feet an X 36 feet dirt; runway end 27L remaining 3,690 feet an X 36 feet asphalt.
- Partially paved portions of the runway 20 feet wide
- Non standard threshold marking only
- Non standard threshold marking only
- No centerline.
- No runway centerline
- Runway 09R/27L marked with non-standard thld bars each end; no numbers no centerline.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 Tehachapi from the FAA register
162 aircraft are registered to owners in Tehachapi, California: 115 piston singles, 42 gliders, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- North County Flying Club 1 aircraft · Tehachapi, 3 miles away Skylark North is a glider flight school located at Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi, California.
Repair stations in Tehachapi:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · MH Aviation · Lancaster, CA (24 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · [email protected]
- Sean Kaveney private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Barnes Aviation · Lancaster, CA (24 nm) · (818) 618-4419 · [email protected]
- Donna Marie Webster private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bakersfield Flying Club · Bakersfield, CA (37 nm) · (661) 599-3050 · [email protected]
- Todd Hunter Schultz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Jet Center · Bakersfield, CA (37 nm) · (661) 609-4031 · [email protected]
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 11 since 1982, 3 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
- Aircraft registered in Tehachapi 162 aircraft · 115 piston singles, 42 gliders, 2 piston twins
- Hbfc INC 2 aircraft in town
- North County Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Browne'S Aircraft Interiors · repair station
- Vintage Carburetors INC · repair station
- Vintage Radials INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/L94.json.
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 27, 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.