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L17 Taft-Kern County Airport
Taft, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: L17
Lat/Long: 35-08-30.2000N / 119-26-17.6000W
35-08.503333N / 119-26.293333W
35.1417222 / -119.4382222
(estimated)
Elevation: 875 ft. / 266.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 14E (1985)
From city: 1 mile E of TAFT, CA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 93268

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Sectional chart: LOS ANGELES
Control tower: no
ARTCC: LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS: RANCHO MURIETA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RIU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: SAT-SUN 1000-1600, ALL MON-FRI 0800-1600
Pattern altitude: 1675 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 07/25 AND PAPI RY 25 NIGHT USE ONLY ACTVT- CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FLWr066/21.2FELLOWS VORTAC117.5016E
EHFr205/26.5SHAFTER VORTAC115.4014E
GMNr290/34.9GORMAN VORTAC116.1016E

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 7/25

Dimensions: 3550 x 60 ft. / 1082 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 4.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: MKD WITH X'S NO LDGS TKOF ONLY.
RUNWAY 7  RUNWAY 25
Latitude: 35-08.449833N35-08.556000N
Longitude: 119-26.644167W119-25.943333W
Gradient: 2.2%2.2%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: NSTDbasic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: 25 ft. pole, 385 ft. from runway, 100 ft. left of centerline, 7:1 slope to clearnone
RY 25 +4 FT BRUSH 150 FT FM EOR 50 FT RIGHT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: COUNTY OF KERN DEPT OF AIRPORTS
3701 WINGS WAY, SUITE 300
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308-7026
Phone 661-391-1800
Manager: MATTHEW MAASS
3701 WINGS WAY, SUITE 300
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308-7026
Phone 661-391-1800
CELL PHONE: (661) 747-4055 24 HRS: (661) 393-3868 FAX: (661) 391-1801 EMAIL: BFLSECURITY@CO.KERN.CA.US

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 12
Single engine airplanes: 10
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 27/day *
75% local general aviation
20% transient general aviation
5% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 08 April 2008

Additional Remarks

RY 25 STEEP UPHILL GRADE (2.2%).
BE ALERT TO LGTD CRANES WITHIN 5 NMR 200' AGL AND BELOW.
RY 07/25 HAS A DRY STREAMBED NE END.
RY 07 NO TKOF WITH TAILWINDS.
NO STUDENT SOLO FLIGHTS PERMITTED.
FOR ARPT INFORMATION CALL (661) 393-7990.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at L17.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

L45 - Bakersfield Municipal Airport (24 nm NE)
KMIT - Shafter-Minter Field Airport (25 nm NE)
KBFL - Meadows Field Airport (26 nm NE)
KDLO - Delano Municipal Airport (38 nm N)
KIZA - Santa Ynez Airport (45 nm SW)
 
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From to L17

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 15-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4013:40
Sunrise07:0614:06
Sunset18:2101:21
Evening civil twilight18:4601:46

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  15-Oct-2008 19:46:18
Local (UTC-7)  15-Oct-2008 12:46:18
 
METAR
KBFL 
26nm NE 
151854Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/M01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02281011
KSDB 
43nm SE 
151852Z AUTO 08012G19KT 10SM CLR 21/M07 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02111067 TSNO
KSBA 
47nm SW 
151853Z 20006KT 10SM CLR 28/M02 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02831022
TAF
KBFL 
26nm NE 
151730Z 151818 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM2100 30008KT P6SM SKC FM0200 36005KT P6SM SKC FM0600 09005KT P6SM SKC FM1400 15004KT P6SM SKC
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