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L71

California City Municipal Airport
California City, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 JULY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	L71
Lat/Long:	35-09-04.5000N 118-01-00.0000W 35-09.075000N 118-01.000000W 35.1512500,-118.0166667 (estimated)
Elevation:	2453.5 ft. / 747.8 m (surveyed)
Variation:	14E (2005)
From city:	2 miles NW of CALIFORNIA CITY, CA
Time zone:	UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	93505

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	05/1963
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS:	RIVERSIDE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	RAL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	0800-1700
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	yes
Lights:	REIL RWY 24; PAPI RWY 24; MIRL RWY 6/24 OTS UFN.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) ARPT CLSD TO NGT OPS UFN.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM:	122.7
WX AWOS-1:	120.875 (760-373-7670)
JOSHUA APPROACH:	133.65
JOSHUA DEPARTURE:	133.65
WX AWOS-3PT at MHV (9 nm SW):	132.225 (661-824-5218)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
EDWr294/17.2	EDWARDS VORTAC	116.40	12E
PMDr349/31.3	PALMDALE VORTAC	115.55	15E
LHSr029/39.4	LAKE HUGHES VORTAC	114.35	15E

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LL JET-A
Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	MINOR
Powerplant service:	MINOR
Bottled oxygen:	LOW

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions:

6027 x 60 ft. / 1837 x 18 m

Surface:

asphalt, in good condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

26.0

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity
OTS UFN.

RUNWAY 6

RUNWAY 24

Latitude:

35-08.951068N

35-09.198918N

Longitude:

118-01.585217W

118-00.414073W

Elevation:

2453.5 ft.

2401.4 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

right

Runway heading:

062 magnetic, 076 true

242 magnetic, 256 true

Markings:

basic, in good condition

Visual slope indicator:

2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
OTS UFN.

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY 21000 HACIENDA BLVD CALIFORNIA CITY, CA 93505 Phone 760-373-7170
Manager:	MARION CATO 21000 HACIENDA BOULEVARD CALIFORNIA CITY, CA 93505 Phone 760-338-1013

Additional Remarks

-	RY 06/24 PAEW ADJ RY 0700-1500 DLY.
-	FOR CD CTC JOSHUA APCH AT 661-277-3843.
-	PAPI AND RWY LGTS ARE OTS. ARPT CLSD TO NGT OPS UFN.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 09 July 2026 at 0901Z to 06 August 2026 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 06		download (359KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24		download (287KB)

CALIFORNIA CITY ONE (OBSTACLE) (RNAV)		download (197KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (132KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMHV - Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (9 nm SW)
KEDW - Edwards Air Force Base (16 nm SE)
KWJF - General Wm J Fox Airfield (27 nm S)
KPMD - Palmdale USAF Plant 42 Airport (31 nm S)
KIYK - Inyokern Airport (32 nm N)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 04-Aug-2026

	Local (UTC-7)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:37	12:37
Sunrise	06:04	13:04
Sunset	19:52	02:52
Evening civil twilight	20:19	03:19

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	05-Aug-2026 01:27:51
Local (UTC-7)	04-Aug-2026 18:27:51

METAR

KMHV 8nm SW	050115Z AUTO 28015KT 9SM CLR 38/M02 A2986 RMK AO2 T03811019
KEDW 18nm SE	042255Z 24017G22KT 60SM CLR 42/M12 A2980 RMK AO2A SLP058 T04151123

TAF

KEDW
18nm SE

042100Z 0421/0603 23010G20KT 9999 SKC QNH2980INS BECMG 0423/0424 24017G27KT 9999 SKC QNH2979INS BECMG 0502/0503 23012KT 9999 SKC QNH2979INS BECMG 0504/0505 23009KT 9999 SKC QNH2981INS BECMG 0518/0520 23010G15KT 9999 SKC QN2992INS BECMG 0522/0524 24015G25KT 9999 SKC QNH2987INS TX42/0422Z TN21/0514Z

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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California City Municipal Airport

760-373-4867

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Foxy's Landing and Restaurant

760-373-1555

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