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📍 Kernville⬆ 2,614 ft1 runways

KL05 ·

Kern Valley Airport

35.72830°N

-118.42000°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 40.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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)

24m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

3 kts

260°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNID 160656Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 27/07 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP080 T02720067 $

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

95% of ops

55 land · 0 TO

5% of ops

3 land · 27 TO

Runway 35 carries 95% of operations (55 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 5%.

Approach quality

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

35 55 landings

UA 0%

17 3 landings

UA 0%GA 133.3%

Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 55 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

1.0

flights/day · 30 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 4pm · 5pm

Day vs night

53%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.5 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

4 · 13%

3 · 10%

2 · 7%

Activity is led by (13% of 30 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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