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L71 California City Municipal Airport
California City, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 03 SEPTEMBER 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
EDWr294/17.2EDWARDS VORTAC116.4012E
PMDr349/31.3PALMDALE VORTAC115.5515E
LHSr029/39.4LAKE HUGHES VORTAC114.3515E

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: 35-08.951068N35-09.198918N
Longitude: 118-01.585217W118-00.414073W
Elevation: 2453.5 ft.2401.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 062 magnetic, 076 true242 magnetic, 256 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
OTS UFN.
Runway end identifier lights: noyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, 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 442-202-4596

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 03 September 2026 at 0901Z to 01 October 2026 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 06   download (364KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24   download (292KB)
 
CALIFORNIA CITY ONE (OBSTACLE) (RNAV)   download (202KB)
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 17-Sep-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1213:12
Sunrise06:3713:37
Sunset18:5601:56
Evening civil twilight19:2102:21

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-Sep-2026 07:00:08
Local (UTC-7)  17-Sep-2026 00:00:08
 
METAR
KMHV 
8nm SW 		170635Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A3001 RMK AO2 T01810072 $
K9L2 
12nm SE 		170555Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02020079 10295 20198 50014 $
KEDW 
18nm SE 		170555Z AUTO 24011KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01900105 10292 20190 50016 $
TAF
KEDW 
18nm SE 		170500Z 1705/1811 23012KT 9999 SKC QNH2999INS BECMG 1708/1709 23008KT 9999 SKC QNH3001INS BECMG 1723/1724 23013G23KT 9999 SKC QNH3002INS BECMG 1802/1803 23010G19KT 9999 SKC QNH3006INS BECMG 1806/1807 VRB05KT 9999 SKC QNH3007INS TX28/1721Z TN13/1713Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1705 NEXT 1713
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California City Municipal Airport 760-373-4867
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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

  
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Foxy's Landing and Restaurant 760-373-1555
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