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KL06 · Furnace Creek Airport

ICAO · US · 13 NTSB events

ID KL06 FAA L06 Elev -210 ft Lat 36° 27.83' N Lon 116° 52.86' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,065 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 167.9° 3,065 ft 70 ft ASP Yes —
33 347.9° 3,065 ft 70 ft ASP Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 2 frequencies

  • CTAF CTAF 122.900
  • RDO RIVERSIDE RDO 122.200

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KL06 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 13 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (13 sentences)
  • ·USE ONLY MKD RY FOR GROUND OPNS.
  • ·SAFETY AREA ROUGH & SOFT.
  • ·NO TIEDOWN ROPES OR CHAINS AVBL.
  • ·DITCH 145 FT RIGHT OF RY 33.
  • ·SAFETY AREAS ADJ RY CLSD, STAY ON PAVED AREA ONLY DUE TO EXTREMELY SOFT DIRT.
  • ·FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC LOS ANGELES ARTCC AT 661-575-2079.
  • ·RWY 15/33 PAVEMENT HEAVING, EXTREMELY ROUGH SFC.
  • ·POTENTIAL FOR DMG TO ACFT USING THIS RWY.
  • ·NOT RCMDD FOR ACFT WITH WHEEL PANTS.
  • ·CA STATE PMT HAS BEEN SUSPD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT PARK RANGER, FOR EMERGENCIES CAN BE REACHED THROUGH PARK DISPATCH 760-786-2330 ARPT LCTD 1 SM SW OF PARK HEADQUARTERS.
  • ·UP TO 4 INCH SALT HEAVE ARND RWY CRACKS.
  • ·COULD DMG ACFT WITH WHEEL FAIRINGS OR CAUSE A POTENTIAL TO BLOW OUT A TIRE.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · DTH

NTSB events

13 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

13

since 1982

Fatal

2

15.4% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Stall / spin 1
  • Loss of control 1

All time · n=13

  • Other 4
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Runway excursion 2
  • Loss of control 2
  • Ground collision 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Stall / spin 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2024-03-09 Piper PA-11 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2018-01-13 HARROP BLAKE RV 7 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2016-04-13 Cessna 421C · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2011-12-10 Grumman AA5 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2011-01-29 Mooney M20J · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2006-04-30 Ronald R Russell RV-6 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1999-02-26 Cessna 172P · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1998-12-30 Beech C23 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1986-04-11 Cessna 182A · Other · VMC · day →
1985-03-28 Piper PA-30 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1984-04-29 Globe GC-1B · Other · VMC · day →
1983-05-07 Cessna 172M · Other · VMC · day →
1982-11-14 AMATEUR BUILT QUICKIE Q2 · Other · day →

Designees in CA

CFI Flight Instructors 5,776 A&P Mechanics 22,561 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 139 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 20 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 45 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 66 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 126 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 38 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 243 FBO Fixed Base Operators 209 Clubs Flying Clubs 82 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 56 EAA EAA Chapters 63

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Ronald Joseph Rengel Las Vegas NV 79 nm
Andres Acorcino Montoya North Las Vegas NV 87 nm
Janet Melson Denton North Las Vegas NV 87 nm
Jason Steven Duncan North Las Vegas NV 87 nm
Lauren Nicholson Scott North Las Vegas NV 87 nm
Shawn Edward Mullin North Las Vegas NV 87 nm
Dilakshan Nimendranath Poholiyadde Henderson NV 94 nm
Marcus Cooper Henderson NV 94 nm
Matthew Franklin Binner Henderson NV 94 nm
Gregory Holden Morris Mojave CA 108 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Robert Joseph Mckenna Pahrump NV 45 nm
Patrick Thomas Smith Pahrump NV 45 nm
John Charles Waugh Pahrump NV 45 nm
Chris Lynn Burtenshaw Pahrump NV 45 nm
Roger Allen Swenson Pahrump NV 45 nm
Stephen John Balint Pahrump NV 45 nm
Edward Neale Thoroughgood Pahrump NV 45 nm
Jeffrey Thomas Bobeck Pahrump NV 45 nm
John Thomas Jones Pahrump NV 45 nm
Benjamin Seth Lindsey Pahrump NV 45 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Lon Allan Fuller Amargosa Valley NV 20 nm
Douglas Mitchell Bauer Pahrump NV 45 nm
Lester Leroy Phillips Pahrump NV 45 nm
John Charles Waugh Pahrump NV 45 nm
Jeffery Allen Hudson Pahrump NV 45 nm
Roger Allen Swenson Pahrump NV 45 nm
David Duane Longley Pahrump NV 45 nm
Brendan Ratzin Pahrump NV 45 nm
John William Bade Pahrump NV 45 nm
Douglas Alan Berlin Pahrump NV 45 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
 88 nm
Black Mountain Avionics, Inc.
Boulder City, NV
 103 nm
AtheneAir - Maintenance
Boulder City, NV
 103 nm
ASB Avionics, LLC
Mojave, CA
 105 nm
Megahertz Avionics, Inc.
Bakersfield, CA
 122 nm
High Desert Avionics
Lancaster, CA
 123 nm
Alta Aircraft Detailing LLC
Kingsburg, CA
 127 nm
Pacific Coast Avionics
Fresno, CA
 143 nm
Executive Jet Maintenance
San Bernardino, CA
 143 nm
AeroPro, LLC
San Bernardino, CA
 143 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.