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📍 Kernville⬆ 2,614 ft1 runways

KL05 ·

Kern Valley Airport

35.72830°N

-118.42000°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 25.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

Kern Valley Airport (KL05) is a small general aviation airport located in Kernville, CA, 42 mi north east of Bakersfield. It features 1 runway measuring 3,500 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNID, 41 mi away (KL05 does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

5 kts

270°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNID 031056Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM 18/01 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP100 T01780011 $

Runways

1 installed

3,500 FT MAX

17/35

3,500 ft × 50

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

100% of ops

52 land · 0 TO

0% of ops

0 land · 14 TO

Runway 35 carries 100% of operations (52 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 0%.

Approach quality

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

35 52 landings

UA 0%

17 0 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 52 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

0.9

flights/day · 26 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 8pm · 12am

Day vs night

46%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.1× weekday (1.8 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

3 · 12%

2 · 8%

Activity is led by (12% of 26 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZLA
Elevation:: 2,614 ft
Mag var:: 14° E

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