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KL17 ·
Taft Kern County Airport
35.14110°N
-119.44100°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) is a small general aviation airport located in Taft, CA, 29 mi south west of Bakersfield. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,283 feet.
Safety incidents
Last 1 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KBFL, 30 mi away (KL17 does not publish METAR)
Temp
76°F
Wind
6 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
25
47% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
21
44% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
07
6% of ops
2 land · 4 TO
03
3% of ops
1 land · 1 TO
Runway 25 carries 47% of operations (15 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 44%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
25
15 landings
UA 0%
21
14 landings
UA 0%
07
2 landings
UA 0%
03
1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 15 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
1.5
flights/day · 44 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZLA
- Mag var:
- 14° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
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