# California City Municipal Airport (L71)

**California City Municipal Airport** (FAA: L71) is a medium airport in California City, California, United States. It opened in May 1963. It has one runway, 6,027 ft (1,837 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by California City.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl71

## At a glance

- FAA: L71
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: California City
- Serves: California City, California, United States
- Opened: May 1963
- Elevation: 2,454 ft / 748 m
- Coordinates: 35.1514, -118.0161
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,027 ft / 1,837 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_City_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813413
- Weather station: KL71
- Ident: KL71

## Timeline

- May 1963: California City Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 6,027 ft / 1,837 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 076° / 256° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,027 ft / 1,837 m | =4,487 of 29,858 | #1,214 in North America | #946 in US |
| Elevation | 2,454 ft / 748 m | #7,098 of 43,403 | #3,315 in North America | #2,549 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | JOSHUA APP/DEP | 133.650 |
| AWOS | AWOS 1 | 120.875 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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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))
- [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/kl71/data