KL17
Taft Kern County Airport
Taft Kern County Airport (KL17) is a general-aviation airfield serving Taft, California. The field lies at 875 ft (267 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,283 ft (1,001 m), asphalt and lit. Its nearest neighbour is 7R Ranch Airport (CL25), 12 nm S.
Taft Kern County Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 875 ft (267 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.1415, -119.4386
- Serving
- Taft
- Region
- California
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Runways1 · longest 3,283 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,283 ft1,001 m | 60 ft | Asphalt | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.