Shafter-Minter Field
MIT · KMIT · Shafter, California · Kern County · map
Shafter-Minter Field is a public-use airport owned by Minter Field Airport District, 4 miles east of Shafter, California, 425 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 4,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MIT · ICAO KMIT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Minter Field Airport District
- Elevation
- 425 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1948
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,680 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 17/35 | 2,972 × 100 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 140 ft, trees 60 ft high 1,896 ft from the end
- Runway 26: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 166 ft, building 20 ft high 411 ft from the end
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 35: road 15 ft high 470 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.45 | |
| Mit and aWOS-3 | 121.125 | |
| Bakersfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 661-393-8596.
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 Shafter from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Shafter, California: 18 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 2 gliders. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 5 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- 33:1 to displaced thld.
- 28:1 to the displaced thld.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 30 preferred calm wind runway.
- Runways 26 and 08 used extensively by aerial applicator aircraft. Recommend extensive usage of the common traffic frequency for position reporting.
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.