Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport
O26 · Lone Pine, California · Inyo County · map
Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Los Angeles, 1 mile southeast of Lone Pine, California, 3,710 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,991 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 5 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,600 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is O26.
Where is Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport?
It is 1 mile southeast of Lone Pine, California, 3,710 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 16/34, is 3,991 feet long.
Does Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
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 Lone Pine/Death Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O26
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Los Angeles
- Elevation
- 3,710 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,991 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,391 × 90 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 16: tree 40 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern, fence 4 ft high 315 ft from the end
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 530 ft, trees 40 ft high 85 ft from the end
- Runway 31: fence 3 ft high 100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| O26 and aWOS-3 | 118.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 760-876-4014.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- parachute jumping
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bishop Airport (49 nm north).
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
- Estabd prior 5/15/59.
- Activate beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Hang glider and skydiving act in vicinty of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
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- Fuel 100LL available 24 hours by credit card.
- 13G/31G no nrs; thresholds and displaced threshold runway 13G marked with tires painted white; white R'S both ends of runway left side.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld. Thld actually displaced 625 feet.
- Runway 13/31 restricted to gliders only except prior permission required - the common traffic frequency.
- Helicopter traffic approach airport from east along taxiway to helipad.
- Pilots be alert to psbl wind shear over trees while on approach runway 16 with southeast winds 15 kts or gtr.
- Tower located 2700 feet northwest runway 16 approach end, (136 above ground level) 3717 above sea level, unlighted.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 4 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| general aviation, local | 5,500 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 Lone Pine 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O26.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.