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KL17 ·
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.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KBFL, 30 mi away (KL17 does not publish METAR)
Temp
64°F
Wind
4 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
21
44% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
25
39% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
03
10% of ops
4 land · 8 TO
07
7% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
Runway 21 carries 44% of operations (18 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 39%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
21
18 landings
UA 0%
25
16 landings
UA 0%
03
4 landings
UA 0%
07
3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 18 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 · 38 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
76%
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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