# General William J Fox Airfield (WJF / KWJF)

**General William J Fox Airfield** (IATA: WJF, ICAO: KWJF) is a medium airport in Lancaster, California, United States. It opened in Nov 1959. It has one runway, 7,201 ft (2,195 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WJF / KWJF
- FAA: WJF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lancaster, California, United States
- Opened: Nov 1959
- Elevation: 2,351 ft / 717 m
- Coordinates: 34.7411, -118.2190
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,201 ft / 2,195 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_William_J._Fox_Airfield (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274578
- Weather station: KWJF
- Ident: KWJF

## Timeline

- Nov 1959: General William J Fox Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 7,201 ft / 2,195 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 072° / 252° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05065AD.PDF

## 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 · 59 mi / 95 km · Ameriflight, FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,201 ft / 2,195 m | =3,346 of 29,858 | =749 in North America | =557 in US |
| Elevation | 2,351 ft / 717 m | #7,427 of 43,403 | #3,466 in North America | #2,658 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 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 | 126.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.300 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 133.875 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | RIVERSIDE RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | FOX TWR | 120.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [PMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpmd.md) Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [MHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmhv.md) Mojave Air & Space Port · 22 mi / 36 km
- [EDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kedw.md) Edwards Air Force Base · 22 mi / 36 km
- [L71](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl71.md) California City Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [VNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvny.md) Van Nuys Airport · 40 mi / 64 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)
- [Wikipedia: “General William J. Fox Airfield”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_William_J._Fox_Airfield&oldid=1367894887), revision of 5 Aug 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/kwjf/data