KERN VALLEY AIRPORT

Upcoming events

High Sierra Pilots Fly-In | April 26-27, 2025
Kern Valley Airport Fly-In: June 6-8, 2025
Kern Valley Airport aircraft display day: third Saturday morning of every month.

Kern Valley Airport (L05) is great little airport located just south of the mountain-sports town of Kernville, providing service for small private planes, an on-site cafe, on-site camping for pilots flying in, and minor maintenance. The airport has radio communications during the daylight hours -usually manned by the cafe host offering weather advisories and taking your burger orders!

Airport Services:

Fuel: We now have 100LL AvGas! Only $5.68/gal!! Stop by the cafe to get someone to pump from the truck.
Cafe: Open for breakfast and lunch 7:00AM to 3:00PM Thurs.-Mon. Click here for more info or call 760-376-2852
Maintenance: Text Rick (661-345-7755) for maintenance help for now. Soon a new full maintenance shop will be coming.
Camping: Great camping is available right on the airport. A separate tiedown area (bring your own tiedowns) for camping in a tree shaded area, within walking distance of the river. Tables, firepits, toilets and an outdoor shower can be found in the camping area. This is a very beautiful and quiet place (except for those darn airplanes taking off and landing). From the campground, one can walk 5 minutes down the taxiway to our Airpark Cafe. See more camping info in out Campground section here. Please check in for camping reservations with the cafe Thurs.-Mon. 7:00AM-3:00PM. If checking in outside those hours please contact Kimberly at 661.932.8113
Transportation:
- A short term crew car is available for a small fee. This is a country airport, do not expect a Cadillac. Stop by the cafe for more info or call the cafe ahead of time: 760-376-2852
- At this time, no conventional rental car agency cars are available anywhere in the valley.

Operating Hours: DAY ONLY, dawn to dusk. Kern Valley Airport is surrounded by the Southern Sierras with peaks from 6500FT to over 10,000FT. You should plan to be on the ground by sunset.

Elevation: 2614ft MSL

Runway: 3500' x 50', asphalt

Communications: CTAF/UNICOM – 122.8

Traffic Pattern:

Runway 17 = Right pattern (see picture of landing pattern in pictures gallery)
Runway 35 = Left pattern

NOTE: Both traffic patterns are on the west side of the runway as there are mountains on the east side of the runway.

Winds:
Typical canyon winds generally prevail. Light, early-morning down-canyon winds from the north favor Runway 35, though early morning departures on Runway 17 with a light tailwind are common to avoid rising terrain and the town of Kernville to the north.
Later, the wind often reverses mid-morning and flows from the south, up the Kern River canyon, favoring Runway 17.

Windsocks:
There are two windsocks:

One mid-field in the segmented circle on the west side of the runway
One on the east side of the north end of the runway.

For more info: http://www.airnav.com/airport/L05

We have 100LL AvGas!

$5.68/gal
Stop by the cafe to get someone to pump it from the truck.

Pay your camping fees here

KVA Camping fee per night/per vehicle

$20.00

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KVA transient parking fee per night/per plane

$5.00