Brackett Field
POC · KPOC · La Verne, California · Los Angeles County · map
Brackett Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Los Angeles, 1 mile southwest of La Verne, California, 1,014 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08R/26L, is 4,840 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPOC · observed 12:47 pm PDT (19:47 UTC), 49 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 99°F (37°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPOC 061947Z 20009KT 10SM CLR 37/09 A2988
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA POC · ICAO KPOC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Los Angeles
- Elevation
- 1,014 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08R/26L | 4,840 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08L/26R | 3,661 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 08R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, hill 254 ft high 3,651 ft from the end
- Runway 26L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 689 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 08L: hill 240 ft high 4,750 ft from the end
- Runway 26R: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 540 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower Runway 08R/26L | 118.2 | Brackett |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.4 | Brackett |
| Clearance delivery | 121.875 | Brackett |
| Ground | 125.0 | Brackett |
| Tower Runway 08L/26R | 133.3 | Brackett |
| Approach and departure SW-NORTH | 125.5 | Brackett |
| Class C airspace · Seter and star · Ziggy and star NORTH-NE | 127.0 | Brackett |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 909-962-5407.
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 La Verne from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in La Verne, California: 34 piston singles, 9 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 3 balloons, 2 turboprops. 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 · 40 since 1982, 11 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
- When the control tower closed, airport light operators continuously from 9:00 pm to 7:00 am local.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees L of centerline.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 50:1. Approach ratio to displaced threshold over +65 feet poles 1988 feet from displaced threshold, 250 feet L, 30:1.
- Runway 08L/26R unlighted.
- Birds and wildlife in vicinity of airport.
- Rapidly rising terrain 1 mile W-NW of airport.
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.