Imperial County Airport

ICAO KIPL32.8354°N 115.5740°W-54 ft / -16 mMedium airport

Imperial County Airport (IATA: IPL, ICAO: KIPL) is a medium airport in Imperial, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,308 ft (1,618 m). It is operated by County of Imperial. In 2025 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940

APR 1940

OpenedImperial County Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

14/32153° / 333° · LIT

LENGTH5,308 ft1,618 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

08/26090° / 270° · LIT

LENGTH4,501 ft1,372 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

12K

13K

11K

15K

12K

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Routes

4 destinations · 1 country

Year-round2

LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Southern Airways Express290 km180 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Southern Airways Express339 km211 mi

Cargo2

SANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express151 km94 mi ONTOntario International AirportUnited States · Ameriflight232 km144 mi

Most destinationsSouthern Airways Express 2FedEx Express 1Ameriflight 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IPL. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Imperial County Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers7K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,855of 3,974 · #729 North America · #525 US Longest runway5,308 ft1,618 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#5,721of 29,823 · #1,875 North America · #1,509 US Elevation-54 ft-16 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#43,314of 43,341 · #19,416 North America · #15,756 US AgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 US Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

ASOSASOS132.175

CNTRLOS ANGELES CNTR128.600

RDOSAN DIEGO RDO122.500

UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.700