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Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport

35.35270°N
-119.47900°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport (KL62) is a small general aviation airport located in Buttonwillow, CA, 26 mi west of Bakersfield. It features 1 runway measuring 3,260 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KSBP, 66 mi away (KL62 does not publish METAR)

58m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
14 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSBP 162256Z 31014KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02110144

Runways

1 installed

3,260 FT MAX
11/29
3,260 ft × 50
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

29
57% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
11
43% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
Runway 29 carries 57% of operations (13 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

29 13 landings
UA 0%
11 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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
1.2
flights/day · 36 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.1 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 32 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Elevation:
326 ft
Mag var:
15° E
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