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72CL

Iron Mountain Pumping Plant Airport
Desert Center, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 04 SEPTEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	72CL
Lat/Long:	34-08-03.0410N 115-07-08.9180W 34-08.050683N 115-07.148633W 34.1341781,-115.1191439 (estimated)
Elevation:	890 ft. / 271 m (estimated)
Variation:	13E (1985)
From city:	26 miles NE of DESERT CENTER, CA
Time zone:	UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	92280

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	05/1976
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS:	RIVERSIDE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	FOR OWNER'S USE ONLY.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
PKEr260/21.8	PARKER VORTAC	117.90	15E
TNPr073/32.4	TWENTYNINE PALMS VORTAC	114.20	15E
BLHr317/36.9	BLYTHE VORTAC	117.40	14E

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions:	3200 x 30 ft. / 975 x 9 m
Surface:	asphalt
Runway edge lights:	low intensity
	RUNWAY 17	RUNWAY 35
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	METRO WATER DIST SOUTHERN CA 158000 MWD RD PARKER DAM, CA 92267 Phone (442) 262-2500
Manager:	JOSEPH MIZIA 158000 MWD RD PARKER DAM, CA 92267 Phone (442) 262-2531

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC LOS ANGELES ARTCC AT 661-575-2079.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 72CL.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBLH - Blythe Airport (37 nm SE)
KTNP - Twentynine Palms Airport (41 nm W)
P20 - Avi Suquilla Airport (42 nm E)
KEED - Needles Airport (45 nm NE)
KHII - Lake Havasu City Airport (46 nm NE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 22-Sep-2025

	Local (UTC-7)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:05	13:05
Sunrise	06:30	13:30
Sunset	18:37	01:37
Evening civil twilight	19:02	02:02

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	22-Sep-2025 13:08:09
Local (UTC-7)	22-Sep-2025 06:08:09

METAR

KBLH 37nm SE	221252Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP096 T02280200 $
KEED 45nm NE	221256Z AUTO 21013KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP076 T02670144 $
KHII 46nm NE	221255Z AUTO 20005KT 2 1/2SM HZ CLR 26/15 A2985 RMK AO2

TAF

KBLH 37nm SE	221120Z 2212/2312 12005KT P6SM -SHRA SCT100 BKN120 OVC200 FM221500 11004KT P6SM VCSH SCT100 BKN200 FM222300 VRB04KT P6SM FEW100 SCT200 FM230300 33005KT P6SM SKC
KEED 45nm NE	221120Z 2212/2312 VRB06KT P6SM VCSH BKN150 FM221400 19007KT P6SM SCT150 FM222100 VRB06KT P6SM FEW150 FM230100 20007KT P6SM FEW150 FM230800 VRB05KT P6SM SKC

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