California City Municipal Airport (KL71) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 10:35 PM PDT, Oct 27, based on the nearest station (KMHV), KL71 is currently VFR with winds from 250° at 11 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near California City Municipal Airport in California City, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KMHV): conditions and runway crosswinds.
California City Municipal Airport (KL71) is a regional airport serving California City, CA at a field elevation of 2,453 ft. KL71 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KMHV, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (06/24), the longest 6,027 ft. Automated weather is broadcast on 120.875.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KMHV, 8.5 nm away.
Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 11 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 15°C (58°F), altimeter 29.97 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KMHV 280535Z AUTO 25011KT 10SM CLR 14/00 A2997 RMK AO2 T01450002
Current pilot readout for KL71
Based on the nearest station (KMHV), KL71 is currently VFR with winds from 250° at 11 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors west-facing runway ends (24). Density altitude is approximately 2,900 ft (field elevation 2,453 ft). KL71 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KEDW, about 16 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24FAV | 6,027 ft | ASP | 11 kt head | 1 kt left |
| 06 | 6,027 ft | ASP | 11 kt tail | 1 kt right |
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KL71 runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 06/246,027 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KL71Wind
- 06
- 11 kt tailwind · 1 kt crosswind from right
- 24
- 11 kt headwind · 1 kt crosswind from left
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 20 h: wind 11→11 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KL71 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Recent aviation weather trends at KL71
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KMHV reported mostly VFR across 59 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 24 kt. Wind most often came from the W.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 24
- 68%
- 06
- 32%
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Live crosswind meter
KL71's AWOS-1 isn't in the national weather feed, so the wind comes from KMHV, 8.5 nm away.
Wind is 6° off runway 24, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 06/24 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL · Jet A
- Attended
- Daily 0800-1700 local
- Repairs
- Airframe & engine, minor
- Oxygen
- Bottled, low pressure
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Glider service · Flight instruction · Parachute jumping · Aircraft rental · Glider towing
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- Regional airport
- FAA LID
- L71
- City
- California City
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 2,453 ft
- Coordinates
- 35.1514, -118.0161
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 6,027 ft
- Weather reporting
- On-field AWOS-1, not in the national feed (using KMHV)
- TAF
- Nearest KEDW
- AWOS/ASOS
- 120.875 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 16h 6m
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Pilot PIREPs for California City Municipal Airport (KL71)
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