Tehachapi Municipal
TSP · KTSP · Tehachapi, California · Kern County · map
Tehachapi Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tehachapi in Tehachapi, California, 4,001 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,040 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 47 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 11,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Tehachapi Municipal?
Its FAA code is TSP, and its ICAO code is KTSP.
Where is Tehachapi Municipal?
It is in Tehachapi, California, 4,001 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tehachapi Municipal?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,040 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tehachapi Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tehachapi Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Tehachapi Municipal?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Meadows Field. Every route
Are there flight schools at Tehachapi Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: North County Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tehachapi Municipal?
4 pilot examiners and 4 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 Tehachapi Municipal…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TSP · ICAO KTSP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tehachapi
- Elevation
- 4,001 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,040 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, hill 276 ft high 4,800 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 367 ft, rr 32 ft high 635 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Tsp and aWOS-3P | 120.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 661-823-0473.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (15 nm east), California City Municipal (21 nm east), General WM J Fox Airfield (26 nm southeast).
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 to 1959.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hours credit card.
- Unusable beyond 4 NM due to trrn.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 18:1.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 31:1.
- Lighted OBSTN/MOUNTAIN/1 MI west of airport (4279' above sea level).
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 14 departures from TSP in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers, to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehachapi Municipal → Meadows Field TSP–BFL | 14 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 42 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 2 |
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 11,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 6,500 |
| general aviation, local | 4,500 |
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 Tehachapi from the FAA register
162 aircraft are registered to owners in Tehachapi, California: 115 piston singles, 42 gliders, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. 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, 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:
- North County Flying Club 1 aircraft · Tehachapi Skylark North is a glider flight school located at Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi, California.
Repair stations in Tehachapi:
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · MH Aviation · Lancaster, CA (26 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · [email protected]
- Sean Kaveney private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Barnes Aviation · Lancaster, CA (26 nm) · (818) 618-4419 · [email protected]
- Donna Marie Webster private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bakersfield Flying Club · Bakersfield, CA (35 nm) · (661) 599-3050 · [email protected]
- Todd Hunter Schultz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Jet Center · Bakersfield, CA (35 nm) · (661) 609-4031 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 19 since 1982, 5 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 Tehachapi 162 aircraft · 115 piston singles, 42 gliders, 2 piston twins
- Hbfc INC 2 aircraft in town
- North County Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Browne'S Aircraft Interiors · repair station
- Vintage Carburetors INC · repair station
- Vintage Radials INC · repair station
- Meadows Field (BFL) 14 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 5 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TSP.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.