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Inyokern Airport

35.65880°N
-117.83000°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 44.4%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 25.9%

Inyokern Airport (KIYK/IYK) is a small general aviation airport located in Inyokern, CA, 68 mi north of Lancaster. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 9% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KNID, 8 mi away (KIYK does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
102°F
Wind
14 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNID 282256Z AUTO 26014G21KT 10SM FEW110 39/11 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP089 T03890106 $

Runways

3 installed

7,100 FT MAX
02/20
6,275 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
10/28
4,150 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
15/33
7,100 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

02
62% of ops
36 land · 0 TO
15
24% of ops
14 land · 3 TO
10
7% of ops
4 land · 1 TO
33
5% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
28
2% of ops
1 land · 2 TO
20
0% of ops
0 land · 53 TO
Runway 02 carries 62% of operations (36 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

02 36 landings
UA 0%
15 14 landings
UA 0%
10 4 landings
UA 0%
33 3 landings
UA 0%
28 1 landings
UA 0%
20 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
5.7
flights/day · 171 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 12am · 3pm
Day vs night
39%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–11pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (5.2 vs 6.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

28 · 18%
25 · 16%
23 · 14%
18 · 11%
16 · 10%
8 · 5%
Activity is led by (18% of 159 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 133.650 —
APCH 348.700 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Elevation:
2,457 ft
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Jayson.Brouchoud
08/11/2008
KIYK
This is an old Navy field on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Owen's Valley.
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