Furnace Creek Airport

Furnace Creek Airport Furnace Creek Emergency Landing Field
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: L06
Summary
Operator	U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Coordinates	36°27′50″N 116°52′53″W
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L06 Location of Furnace Creek Airport

Furnace Creek Airport (FAA LID: L06) is a public airport located 0.75 miles (1 km) west of Furnace Creek, Death Valley, serving Inyo County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 40 acres (16 ha) and has one runway. At −210 feet (−64 m) MSL, it is the lowest elevation airport in North America.

History

The original airfield, known as Furnace Creek Emergency Landing Fieldwas built around 1942 by the War Department. It was used as an emergency landing field for Army and Navy military aircraft. It was abandoned after the end of the war in 1945.

The current airfield was opened in May 1953 one mile west of the wartime emergency landing strip, along Inyo County route 190, adjacent to the Sunshine Campground. The wartime airfield is visible in aerial imagery and is unused.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields
• Extreme points of Earth - Lowest attainable by transportation
• List of places on land with elevations below sea level

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• FAA Airport Form 5010 for L06 PDF
• www.airfieldsdatabase.com

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for L06
  • AirNav airport information for L06
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for L06