# Inyokern Airport (IYK / KIYK)

**Inyokern Airport** (IATA: IYK, ICAO: KIYK) is a small airport in Inyokern, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 7,100 ft (2,164 m). In 2022 it handled 13 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiyk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IYK / KIYK
- FAA: IYK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Inyokern, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 2,457 ft / 749 m
- Coordinates: 35.6588, -117.8300
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 7,100 ft / 2,164 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 2 departures
- Passengers: 13 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.inyokernairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyokern_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3015859
- Weather station: KIYK
- Ident: KIYK

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Inyokern Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |
| 02/20 | 6,275 ft / 1,913 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |
| 10/28 | 4,150 ft / 1,265 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 1.0%: threshold 28 at 2,413 ft / 736 m, threshold 10 at 2,457 ft / 749 m.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 1,018 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 9 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 8 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 13 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · United States · 111 mi / 179 km · FedEx Express

### Cargo (1)

- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · United States · 111 mi / 179 km · Ameriflight, FedEx Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IYK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 13 (2022) | =3,858 of 3,974 | #989 in North America | #733 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | =3,396 of 29,858 | =774 in North America | =582 in US |
| Elevation | 2,457 ft / 749 m | =7,082 of 43,403 | #3,310 in North America | #2,545 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | JOSHUA APP DEP | 133.650 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [KNID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knid.md) China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [US-2117](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2117.md) Brown Landing Strip · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [0CL8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0cl8.md) Tera Ultralightport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [US-2469](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2469.md) Holland Camp Airstrip · 14 mi / 22 km
- [US-2468](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2468.md) Goler Heights Airstrip · 17 mi / 27 km
- [US-4628](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4628.md) Aciero Farms Landing Field · 20 mi / 32 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Inyokern Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inyokern_Airport&oldid=1365151189), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiyk/data