# Furnace Creek Airport (DTH / L06)

**Furnace Creek Airport** (IATA: DTH, FAA: L06) is a small airport in Death Valley, California, United States. It opened in May 1953. It has one runway, 3,065 ft (934 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Department of the Interior.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl06

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DTH / —
- FAA: L06
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Department of the Interior
- Serves: Death Valley, California, United States
- Opened: May 1953
- Elevation: -210 ft / -64 m
- Coordinates: 36.4638, -116.8810
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,065 ft / 934 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace_Creek_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274303
- Ident: KL06

## Timeline

- May 1953: Furnace Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,065 ft / 934 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,065 ft / 934 m | #15,592 of 29,858 | #6,304 in North America | #5,322 in US |
| Elevation | -210 ft / -64 m | #43,401 of 43,403 | #19,433 in North America | #15,772 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| RDO | RIVERSIDE RDO | 122.200 |

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## In collections

- [Below sea level](https://dromopedia.com/collections/below-sea-level) #3

## Sources

- [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))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/kl06/data