Twentynine Palms Airport
TNP · KTNP · Twentynine Palms, California · San Bernardino County · map
Twentynine Palms Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Bernardino, 6 miles east of Twentynine Palms, California, 1,888 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,531 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 14 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 18,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Twentynine Palms Airport?
Its FAA code is TNP, and its ICAO code is KTNP.
Where is Twentynine Palms Airport?
It is 6 miles east of Twentynine Palms, California, 1,888 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Twentynine Palms Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 5,531 feet long.
Does Twentynine Palms Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Twentynine Palms Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Twentynine Palms Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: 29 Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Twentynine Palms Airport?
3 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 Twentynine Palms Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TNP · ICAO KTNP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Bernardino
- Elevation
- 1,888 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,531 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,797 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 120 ft high 4,100 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 17: power line 30 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 35: hill 200 ft high 3,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Twentynine Palms Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.15 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bermuda Dunes Airport (28 nm southwest), Jacqueline Cochran Regional (32 nm south), Palm Springs International (33 nm southwest), Big Bear City Airport (46 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and 17/35; runway end identifier lights runway 08 and runway 26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- 100LL available 24 hours.
- +2 feet terrain at 200 feet from thld.
- Power lines
- Taxiway lights on taxiway connecting runway 08/26 and runway 17/35; plus blue reflectors on parallel taxiway serving runway 17/35.
- Be alert for aerobatic activity south of runway 17/35.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 | 10 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| other | 3 |
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 18,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 10,500 |
| general aviation, local | 7,000 |
| military | 500 |
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 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.
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:
- 29 Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · Twentynine Palms
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
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 · 9 since 1982, 0 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 Twentynine Palms 10 aircraft · 10 piston singles
- 29 Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TNP.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 26, 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.