Inyokern Airport

Inyokern Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerIndian Wells Valley
Airport District
ServesInyokern, California
Elevation AMSL2,457 ft / 749 m
Coordinates35°39′31″N 117°49′46″W / 35.65861°N 117.82944°W / 35.65861; -117.82944
WebsiteInyokernAirport.com
Map
IYK is located in California
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Location of airport in California
IYK is located in the United States
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IYK (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 7,100 2,164 Asphalt
2/20 6,275 1,913 Asphalt
10/28 4,150 1,265 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations23,000
Based aircraft29
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

Inyokern Airport (IATA: IYK, ICAO: KIYK, FAA LID: IYK) is a public use airport located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of the central business district of Inyokern, in Kern County, California, United States.[2] It is owned by the Indian Wells Valley Airport District[2] and serves the Indian Wells Valley area. The airport is mostly used for general aviation and was previously served by a number of commuter and regional airlines over the years with passenger flights to Los Angeles (LAX).

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 11,149 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 11,081 enplanements in 2009, and 11,109 in 2010.[4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

  1. ^ "Inyokern Airport". inyokernairport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for IYK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.