Kern Valley Airport - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Kern Valley Airport is a public airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

located three miles (4.8 km) south of Kernville

Kernville, California

Kernville is a census-designated place in the southern Sierra Nevadas, in Kern County, California, United States. Kernville is located northeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 2667 feet...

, serving Kern County

Kern County, California

Spreading across the southern end of the California Central Valley, Kern County is the fifth-largest county by population in California. Its economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction, and there is a strong aviation and space presence. Politically, it has generally...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The airport is mostly used for general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

Facilities

Kern Valley Airport covers 270 acres (109 ha) and has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

Runway 17/35: 3,500 x 50 ft. (1,067 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...

Use

Average of 28 operations per day.

Commercial	Air Taxi	GA Local	GA Transient	Military
0	0	14	14	0

20 aircraft based at airport

Single Engine	Multi Engine	Jet	Helicopter	Glider/ Ultralight	Military
20	0	0	0	0	0

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.