# Taft Kern County Airport (L17)

**Taft Kern County Airport** (FAA: L17) is a small airport in Taft, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 3,283 ft (1,001 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl17

## At a glance

- FAA: L17
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Taft, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 858 ft / 262 m
- Coordinates: 35.1415, -119.4386
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,283 ft / 1,001 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6588431
- Weather station: KBFL · WMO 72384
- Ident: KL17

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Taft Kern County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,283 ft / 1,001 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 080° / 260° | yes |

- 07/25 slopes 3.0%: threshold 25 at 759 ft / 231 m, threshold 07 at 858 ft / 262 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,283 ft / 1,001 m | =13,606 of 29,858 | #5,694 in North America | #4,786 in US |
| Elevation | 858 ft / 262 m | #20,293 of 43,403 | #9,363 in North America | #7,644 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [US-3930](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3930.md) Fellows Taft Airport · 4.9 mi / 7.8 km
- [US-6693](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6693.md) South Coles Levee Oilfield Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [CL25](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cl25.md) 7R Ranch Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [L62](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl62.md) Elk Hills Buttonwillow Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [5CN4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5cn4.md) Vosburgh Airfield · 17 mi / 27 km
- [US-3658](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3658.md) Ballinger Canyon Airport · 18 mi / 29 km

## 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))
- [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)
- [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/kl17/data