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Poso Kern County Airport

35.59660°N
-119.12800°W
ARR / DAY
2
11.1%
DEP / DAY
5
42.3%

Poso Kern County Airport (KL73) is a small general aviation airport located in Famoso, CA, 17 mi north of Bakersfield. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBFL, 12 mi away (KL73 does not publish METAR)

49m ago
Temp
74°F
Wind
7 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 150554Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02330117 10322 20233 51023

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
16/34
3,000 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

34
96% of ops
159 land · 11 TO
16
4% of ops
6 land · 28 TO
Runway 34 carries 96% of operations (159 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 4%.

Approach quality

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

34 159 landings
UA 19%
16 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 159 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
7.4
flights/day · 222 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (3.5 vs 9.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 214 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:43 UTC