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Inyokern Airport

35.65880°N
-117.83000°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 6.3%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 0.0%

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 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 18% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

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)

1h ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNID 030956Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM 19/01 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP100 T01940011 $

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
59% of ops
60 land · 0 TO
15
27% of ops
27 land · 6 TO
33
6% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
10
6% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
28
2% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
20
0% of ops
0 land · 92 TO
Runway 02 carries 59% of operations (60 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

02 60 landings
UA 0%
15 27 landings
UA 0%
33 6 landings
UA 0%
10 6 landings
UA 0%
28 2 landings
UA 0%
20 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 60 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
6.8
flights/day · 205 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 12am · 3pm
Day vs night
38%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–11pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.2 vs 7.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

32 · 17%
31 · 17%
27 · 14%
26 · 14%
11 · 6%
9 · 5%
Activity is led by (17% of 187 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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