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Inyokern Airport

35.65880°N
-117.83000°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 40.9%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 14% 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 KO26, 65 mi away (KIYK does not publish METAR)

10m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
9 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KO26 160155Z AUTO 18009G14KT 10SM CLR 35/08 A2993 RMK A01

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
67% of ops
99 land · 0 TO
10
18% of ops
27 land · 0 TO
15
7% of ops
11 land · 10 TO
33
4% of ops
6 land · 0 TO
28
3% of ops
4 land · 4 TO
20
0% of ops
0 land · 52 TO
Runway 02 carries 67% of operations (99 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

02 99 landings
UA 0%
10 27 landings
UA 0%
15 11 landings
UA 0%
33 6 landings
UA 0%
28 4 landings
UA 0%
20 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 99 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
3.8
flights/day · 113 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 3pm · 12am
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.5 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

24 · 23%
16 · 15%
9 · 9%
7 · 7%
6 · 6%
6 · 6%
Activity is led by (23% of 104 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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