Positioned amidst 3 of the important urban centers of Bakersfield County, San Bernardino, and Lancaster/Palmdale, the Inyokern Airport is one of the busiest airports of this part of the world. The Inyokern Airport, California primarily serves the area around the valley of Indian Wells in Kern County. Though the airport is meant for general aviation, it is also accessed by a commercial airline.
The significant features of the Inyokern Airport in California, USA can be listed as follows:
It is a civil airport and is 1640 acres in extent.
Inyokern Airport has been coded as KIYK by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) while the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has assigned it the code of IYK.
One of the three paved runways of the airport is 7100 feet long.
Inyokern Airport has an officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airport which implies that the airport is safe for flights to take-off from or land during bad weather or inadequate light.
According to the statistics presented for the year ended April, 2007, the airport operated 109 flights on an average in a day. Among these, 61 percent of local general flights, 25 percent consisted of transient general flights, 6 percent of air taxis, 5 percent commercial flights, and 3 percent military flights.
The total of 120 aircrafts based at the Inyokern Airport, 95 comprised single engine airplanes, 10 multi-engine airplanes, 6 jet airplanes, 6 glider airplanes, and 2 ultra-light aircrafts.
Besides, the Airport in Inyokern also connects several other airports that are located in the neighboring areas. These airports along with their respective codes and distances (in nautical miles) are as follows:
- China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station / Armitage Field (KNID) - 7
- California City Municipal Airport (L71) - 32
- Mojave Airport (KMHV) - 39
- Edwards Air Force Base (KEDW) - 45
- General Wm J Fox Airfield (KWJF) - 58
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