Kern Valley Airport is a public
airport
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located in the
Kern River Valley
The Kern River Valley is a valley and region of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California.
History
The valley was inhabited for millennia by the indigenous Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu people, and various bedrock mortar and pictograph ...
, south of
Kernville in
Kern County
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county sp ...
,
California
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, United States. It serves the
Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two f ...
area in the Southern
Sierra Nevada.
The airport is mostly used for
general aviation
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.
Facilities
Kern Valley Airport covers and has one
runway
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:
* Runway 17/35: , surface:
asphalt
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Use
The airport has an average of 28 operations per day.
20 aircraft are based at the airport.
See also
*
List of airports in Kern County, California The following is a list of airports in Kern County, California:
International airports
* Meadows Field is the primary commercial airport serving the county and is one of two international airports serving the San Joaquin Valley. It is located appr ...
References
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External links
Airports in Kern County, California
Kern River Valley
Sierra Nevada (United States)
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