# Stovepipe Wells Airport (L09)

**Stovepipe Wells Airport** (FAA: L09) is a small airport in Death Valley, California, United States. It opened in Mar 1948. It has one runway, 3,260 ft (994 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Department of the Interior.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl09

## At a glance

- FAA: L09
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Department of the Interior
- Serves: Death Valley, California, United States
- Opened: Mar 1948
- Elevation: 25 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 36.6041, -117.1590
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,260 ft / 994 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stovepipe_Wells_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7620637
- Ident: KL09

## Timeline

- Mar 1948: Stovepipe Wells Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,260 ft / 994 m | 65 ft / 20 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,260 ft / 994 m | =14,638 of 29,858 | =5,731 in North America | =4,806 in US |
| Elevation | 25 ft / 8 m | =40,896 of 43,403 | =18,469 in North America | =15,136 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 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 |

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## 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/kl09/data