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Taft Kern County Airport

35.14110°N
-119.44100°W
ARR / DAY
0
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
16.7%

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 3,550 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBFL, 30 mi away (KL17 does not publish METAR)

49m ago
Temp
94°F
Wind
16 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 132354Z 32016G31KT 290V350 10SM CLR 34/13 A2977 RMK AO2 PK WND 33031/2353 SLP071 T03440128 10350 20294 56007

Runway intelligence

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

25
43% of ops
20 land · 0 TO
21
38% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
07
11% of ops
5 land · 4 TO
03
9% of ops
4 land · 8 TO
Runway 25 carries 43% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

25 20 landings
UA 0%
21 18 landings
UA 0%
07 5 landings
UA 0%
03 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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
1.3
flights/day · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.1 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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