Twentynine Palms Self Airport
NXP · KNXP · Twentynine Palms, California · San Bernardino County · map
Twentynine Palms Self Airport is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 9 miles northwest of Twentynine Palms, California, 2,051 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 8,015 feet of psp.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 Twentynine Palms Self Airport…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NXP · ICAO KNXP
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 2,051 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 8,015 × 150 ft | Psp | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: SALSF, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28: SALSF
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-830-8146.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bermuda Dunes Airport (33 nm south), Palm Springs International (33 nm southwest), Big Bear City Airport (34 nm west), Jacqueline Cochran Regional (40 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Twentynine Palms Airport (15 nm southeast), Bermuda Dunes Airport (33 nm south), Palm Springs International (33 nm southwest), Big Bear City Airport (34 nm west).
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
- Twentynine Palms strategic expeditionary landing field (Self)
- All lighting by prior apvl.
- All lighting by prior apvl.
- Traffic pattern #1 of 2: all traffic pattern south of runway due to live fire range immediately north of Self.
- Operates hours iaw publ NOTAMs for exer spt and prior permission requireds only. See flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Two triple wheels in tandem type landing gear 520
- Two single tandem wheels 175
- Ols
- Ols
- Restricted: AUSTERE/ desert training environment prim for support of cax. Variable hour YR round as required by cax comd element. If Twentynine Palms Self is final destn, ensure nxp is filed, not tnp.
- Restricted: closed field operates permission by PN apvl except mcagcc sar aircraft. Prior permission required required for fuel, vip/passenger movement, practice arrestments, and nvd training. Operates outside publ hour permissions 24 hour prior permission required and 72 hour prior permission required Saturday and Sunday. Base operations dsn 230-7815,C760-830-7815.
- Light: all light by prior apvl.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Twentynine Palms from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Twentynine Palms, California: 10 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Twentynine Palms 10 aircraft · 10 piston singles
- 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/NXP.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.