242 public-use fields

California Airport Density Altitude

California has 242 public-use airports, and on a typical summer afternoon 63 of them push density altitude past 5,000 ft. The list below leads with the fields that bake hardest.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
L80 — Monache Meadows	Lone Pine	7,874 ft	10,710 ft ⚠	July
KMMH — Mammoth Yosemite	Mammoth Lakes	7,135 ft	9,917 ft ⚠	July
O24 — Lee Vining	Lee Vining	6,802 ft	9,891 ft ⚠	July
L35 — Big Bear City	Big Bear City	6,752 ft	9,566 ft ⚠	July
O57 — Bryant Field	Bridgeport	6,472 ft	9,533 ft ⚠	July
KTVL — Lake Tahoe	South Lake Tahoe	6,268 ft	9,021 ft ⚠	July
KTRK — Truckee-Tahoe	Truckee	5,904 ft	8,841 ft ⚠	July
M45 — Alpine County	Markleeville	5,872 ft	8,542 ft ⚠	July
1Q2 — Spaulding	Susanville	5,116 ft	8,077 ft ⚠	July
O39 — Ravendale	Ravendale	5,306 ft	8,070 ft ⚠	July
O79 — Sierraville Dearwater	Sierraville	4,990 ft	7,830 ft ▲	July
O02 — Nervino	Beckwourth	4,900 ft	7,721 ft ▲	July
KBLU — Blue Canyon - Nyack	Emigrant Gap	5,284 ft	7,673 ft ▲	July
O59 — Cedarville	Cedarville	4,623 ft	7,628 ft ▲	July
KBIH — Bishop	Bishop	4,124 ft	7,563 ft ▲	July
2O7 — Independence	Independence	3,908 ft	7,441 ft ▲	July
A28 — Fort Bidwell	Fort Bidwell	4,616 ft	7,341 ft ▲	July
A24 — California Pines	Alturas	4,389 ft	7,262 ft ▲	July
O05 — Rogers Field	Chester	4,534 ft	7,260 ft ▲	July
KAAT — Alturas Municipal	Alturas	4,378 ft	7,249 ft ▲	July
O26 — Lone Pine/Death Valley	Lone Pine	3,710 ft	7,203 ft ▲	July
A26 — Adin	Adin	4,234 ft	7,051 ft ▲	July
A32 — Butte Valley	Dorris	4,243 ft	7,026 ft ▲	July
O55 — Southard Field	Bieber	4,163 ft	6,965 ft ▲	July
KSVE — Susanville Municipal	Susanville	4,149 ft	6,907 ft ▲	July
L94 — Mountain Valley	Tehachapi	4,220 ft	6,885 ft ▲	August
H37 — Herlong	Herlong	4,062 ft	6,801 ft ▲	July
O81 — Tulelake Municipal	Tulelake	4,049 ft	6,684 ft ▲	July
KTSP — Tehachapi Municipal	Tehachapi	4,001 ft	6,620 ft ▲	August
L26 — Hesperia	Hesperia	3,390 ft	6,520 ft ▲	August
L22 — Yucca Valley	Yucca Valley	3,224 ft	6,284 ft ▲	July
KAPV — Apple Valley	Apple Valley	3,062 ft	6,123 ft ▲	August
O89 — Fall River Mills	Fall River Mills	3,328 ft	6,114 ft ▲	July
2O1 — Gansner Field	Quincy	3,419 ft	6,082 ft ▲	July
1O6 — Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott	Dunsmuir	3,261 ft	5,950 ft ▲	July
KVCV — Southern California Logistics	Victorville	2,885 ft	5,939 ft ▲	July
KMHV — Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field	Mojave	2,801 ft	5,820 ft ▲	July
O46 — Weed	Weed	2,943 ft	5,743 ft ▲	July
KIYK — Inyokern	Inyokern	2,457 ft	5,691 ft ▲	July
L05 — Kern Valley	Kernville	2,614 ft	5,676 ft ▲	July
T42 — Ruth	Ruth	2,781 ft	5,671 ft ▲	July
O19 — Kneeland	Eureka	2,741 ft	5,670 ft ▲	July
KGOO — Nevada County	Grass Valley	3,158 ft	5,657 ft ▲	July
L70 — Agua Dulce	Agua Dulce	2,633 ft	5,640 ft ▲	July
E45 — Groveland/Yosemite	Groveland	2,933 ft	5,624 ft ▲	July
L78 — Jacumba	Jacumba	2,844 ft	5,617 ft ▲	August
KPMD — Palmdale Usaf Plant 42	Palmdale	2,543 ft	5,537 ft ▲	August
A30 — Scott Valley	Fort Jones	2,728 ft	5,483 ft ▲	July
KSIY — Siskiyou County	Montague	2,651 ft	5,413 ft ▲	July
L71 — California City Municipal	California City	2,454 ft	5,400 ft ▲	July
L00 — Rosamond Skypark	Rosamond	2,415 ft	5,388 ft ▲	August
KPVF — Placerville	Placerville	2,586 ft	5,376 ft ▲	July
KWJF — General Wm J Fox Airfield	Lancaster	2,351 ft	5,311 ft ▲	August
1O5 — Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field	Montague	2,527 ft	5,263 ft ▲	July
O86 — Trinity Center	Trinity Center	2,390 ft	5,246 ft ▲	July
KDAG — Barstow-Daggett	Daggett	1,930 ft	5,225 ft ▲	July
E36 — Georgetown	Georgetown	2,625 ft	5,221 ft ▲	July
D63 — Dinsmore	Dinsmore	2,393 ft	5,202 ft ▲	July
O54 — Lonnie Pool Field/Weaverville	Weaverville	2,350 ft	5,150 ft ▲	July
F62 — Hayfork	Hayfork	2,334 ft	5,130 ft ▲	July
KTNP — Twentynine Palms	Twentynine Palms	1,888 ft	5,116 ft ▲	July
L72 — Trona	Trona	1,718 ft	5,103 ft ▲	July
KBNG — Banning Municipal	Banning	2,222 ft	5,090 ft ▲	August
L88 — New Cuyama	New Cuyama	2,204 ft	4,943 ft	July
L77 — Chiriaco Summit	Chiriaco Summit	1,711 ft	4,831 ft	July
KMPI — Mariposa-Yosemite	Mariposa	2,254 ft	4,801 ft	July
O22 — Columbia	Columbia	2,121 ft	4,735 ft	July
1Q5 — Gravelly Valley	Upper Lake	1,900 ft	4,599 ft	July
L61 — Shoshone	Shoshone	1,568 ft	4,570 ft	July
KEED — Needles	Needles	983 ft	4,402 ft	July
0O2 — Baker	Baker	922 ft	4,276 ft	July
KREI — Redlands Municipal	Redlands	1,574 ft	4,275 ft	August
KJAQ — Westover Field Amador County	Jackson	1,693 ft	4,252 ft	July
KRIV — March Arb	Riverside	1,536 ft	4,229 ft	August
KHMT — Hemet-Ryan	Hemet	1,515 ft	4,221 ft	August
L65 — Perris Valley	Perris	1,413 ft	4,175 ft	August
O28 — Ells Field/Willits Municipal	Willits	2,066 ft	4,106 ft	July
KCPU — Calaveras County/Maury Rasmussen Field	San Andreas	1,328 ft	4,031 ft	July
KAUN — Auburn Municipal	Auburn	1,538 ft	4,022 ft	July
2O3 — Angwin-Parrett Field	Angwin	1,875 ft	3,941 ft	July
H47 — Hyampom	Hyampom	1,277 ft	3,933 ft	July
49X — Chemehuevi Valley	Chemehuevi Valley	638 ft	3,916 ft	July
KCCB — Cable	Upland	1,444 ft	3,890 ft	August
O09 — Round Valley	Covelo	1,434 ft	3,865 ft	July
KSBD — San Bernardino International	San Bernardino	1,159 ft	3,772 ft	August
1O2 — Lampson Field	Lakeport	1,380 ft	3,752 ft	July
KRNM — Ramona	Ramona	1,395 ft	3,734 ft	August
O61 — Cameron Park	Cameron Park	1,287 ft	3,717 ft	July
36S — Happy Camp	Happy Camp	1,209 ft	3,713 ft	July
L08 — Borrego Valley	Borrego Springs	522 ft	3,665 ft	July
KPSP — Palm Springs International	Palm Springs	477 ft	3,634 ft	July
F70 — French Valley	Murrieta/Temecula	1,350 ft	3,588 ft	August
KBLH — Blythe	Blythe	400 ft	3,582 ft	July
L17 — Taft-Kern County	Taft	858 ft	3,556 ft	July
L09 — Stovepipe Wells	Death Valley National Park	25 ft	3,503 ft	July
O85 — Benton Field	Redding	723 ft	3,464 ft	July
KONT — Ontario International	Ontario	944 ft	3,433 ft	August
C80 — New Coalinga Municipal	Coalinga	625 ft	3,399 ft	July
KPOC — Brackett Field	La Verne	1,014 ft	3,367 ft	August
L06 — Furnace Creek	Death Valley National Park	−210 ft	3,364 ft	July
KWHP — Whiteman	Los Angeles	1,003 ft	3,324 ft	August
KRAL — Riverside	Riverside	819 ft	3,281 ft	August
L90 — Ocotillo	Ocotillo Wells	160 ft	3,268 ft	July
KAVX — Catalina	Avalon	1,602 ft	3,263 ft	August
KPRB — Paso Robles Municipal	Paso Robles	839 ft	3,251 ft	August
KRIR — Flabob	Riverside/Rubidoux/	767 ft	3,218 ft	August
KRDD — Redding Regional	Redding	505 ft	3,200 ft	July
L73 — Poso-Kern County	Famoso	635 ft	3,196 ft	August
E55 — Ocean Ridge	Gualala	934 ft	3,191 ft	July
O32 — Reedley Municipal	Reedley	386 ft	3,175 ft	July
KCNO — Chino	Chino	650 ft	3,160 ft	August
KVNY — Van Nuys	Van Nuys	802 ft	3,152 ft	August
3O8 — Harris Ranch	Coalinga	470 ft	3,116 ft	July
O42 — Woodlake	Woodlake	425 ft	3,115 ft	July
KBFL — Meadows Field	Bakersfield	510 ft	3,111 ft	July
0Q4 — Selma	Selma	305 ft	3,077 ft	July
KPTV — Porterville Municipal	Porterville	443 ft	3,035 ft	July
KUDD — Bermuda Dunes	Palm Springs	73 ft	3,028 ft	July
KAJO — Corona Municipal	Corona	533 ft	3,018 ft	August
KCXL — Calexico International	Calexico	6 ft	3,012 ft	July
KIZA — Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field	Santa Ynez	674 ft	3,003 ft	August
KIPL — Imperial County	Imperial	−54 ft	2,992 ft	July
KUKI — Ukiah Municipal	Ukiah	617 ft	2,982 ft	July
L19 — Wasco-Kern County	Wasco	312 ft	2,972 ft	July
KMIT — Shafter-Minter Field	Shafter	425 ft	2,941 ft	August
KBWC — Brawley Municipal	Brawley	−128 ft	2,926 ft	July
KRBL — Red Bluff Municipal	Red Bluff	352 ft	2,901 ft	July
L45 — Bakersfield Municipal	Bakersfield	378 ft	2,896 ft	July
1Q1 — Kingtech Field	Strathmore	426 ft	2,888 ft	July
KSAS — Salton Sea	Salton City	−84 ft	2,885 ft	July
KBUR — Bob Hope	Burbank	778 ft	2,868 ft	August
KTRM — Jacqueline Cochran Regional	Palm Springs	−114 ft	2,866 ft	July
KFAT — Fresno Yosemite International	Fresno	336 ft	2,863 ft	July
KCLR — Cliff Hatfield Meml	Calipatria	−182 ft	2,861 ft	July
L62 — Elk Hills-Buttonwillow	Buttonwillow	326 ft	2,857 ft	July
E79 — Sierra Sky Park	Fresno	321 ft	2,845 ft	July
KDLO — Delano Municipal	Delano	316 ft	2,815 ft	July
KFCH — Fresno Chandler Exec	Fresno	280 ft	2,795 ft	July
KHJO — Hanford Municipal	Hanford	240 ft	2,777 ft	July
KMAE — Madera Municipal	Madera	255 ft	2,765 ft	July
2O6 — Chowchilla	Chowchilla	243 ft	2,751 ft	July
D83 — Boonville	Boonville	379 ft	2,692 ft	July
3O1 — Gustine	Gustine	79 ft	2,690 ft	July
F34 — Firebaugh	Firebaugh	157 ft	2,646 ft	July
D86 — Sequoia Field	Visalia	313 ft	2,600 ft	July
0O4 — Corning Municipal	Corning	295 ft	2,596 ft	July
KCIC — Chico Regional	Chico	240 ft	2,596 ft	July
O60 — Cloverdale Municipal	Cloverdale	276 ft	2,591 ft	July
O27 — Oakdale	Oakdale	237 ft	2,580 ft	July
KOVE — Oroville Municipal	Oroville	194 ft	2,576 ft	July
KVIS — Visalia Municipal	Visalia	293 ft	2,576 ft	July
KMCE — Merced Yosemite Regional	Merced	155 ft	2,559 ft	July
O52 — Sutter County	Yuba City	60 ft	2,546 ft	July
O21 — Hoopa	Hoopa	356 ft	2,543 ft	July
KTLR — Mefford Field	Tulare	265 ft	2,542 ft	July
KLHM — Lincoln Regional/Karl Harder Field	Lincoln	121 ft	2,512 ft	July
KMER — Castle	Atwater	190 ft	2,511 ft	July
O37 — Haigh Field	Orland	218 ft	2,503 ft	July
KWLW — Willows/Glenn County	Willows	141 ft	2,452 ft	July
O16 — Garberville	Garberville	551 ft	2,444 ft	August
KMYV — Yuba County	Marysville	64 ft	2,443 ft	July
O41 — Watts-Woodland	Woodland	125 ft	2,438 ft	July
KVCB — Nut Tree	Vacaville	117 ft	2,435 ft	July
KRIU — Rancho Murieta	Rancho Murieta	144 ft	2,431 ft	July
KTCY — Tracy Municipal	Tracy	194 ft	2,419 ft	July
KLSN — Los Banos Municipal	Los Banos	121 ft	2,415 ft	July
KLVK — Livermore Municipal	Livermore	400 ft	2,414 ft	July
KMOD — Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field	Modesto	99 ft	2,413 ft	July
KMHR — Sacramento Mather	Sacramento	98 ft	2,375 ft	July
KSEE — Gillespie Field	San Diego/El Cajon	388 ft	2,374 ft	August
O15 — Turlock Municipal	Turlock	161 ft	2,367 ft	July
KSCK — Stockton Metro	Stockton	33 ft	2,357 ft	July
KMCC — Mc Clellan Airfield	Sacramento	77 ft	2,350 ft	July
KDWA — Yolo County	Davis/Woodland/Winters	100 ft	2,311 ft	July
C83 — Byron	Byron	79 ft	2,285 ft	July
L18 — Fallbrook Community Airpark	Fallbrook	711 ft	2,281 ft	August
KEDU — University	Davis	70 ft	2,274 ft	July
L36 — Rio Linda	Rio Linda	46 ft	2,263 ft	July
1Q4 — New Jerusalem	Tracy	62 ft	2,258 ft	July
KHES — Healdsburg Municipal	Healdsburg	280 ft	2,249 ft	July
KSMF — Sacramento International	Sacramento	27 ft	2,240 ft	July
1O3 — Lodi	Lodi	60 ft	2,207 ft	July
KEMT — San Gabriel Valley	El Monte	296 ft	2,201 ft	August
O08 — Sidney Pickels Field	Colusa	49 ft	2,194 ft	July
F72 — Franklin Field	Franklin	23 ft	2,174 ft	July
KSAC — Sacramento Exec	Sacramento	23 ft	2,174 ft	July
L53 — Lodi Airpark	Lodi	25 ft	2,165 ft	July
E16 — San Martin	San Martin	284 ft	2,162 ft	July
O20 — Kingdon Airpark	Lodi	18 ft	2,156 ft	July
KKIC — Mesa Del Rey	King City	374 ft	2,148 ft	August
O88 — Rio Vista Municipal	Rio Vista	23 ft	2,101 ft	July
KSDM — Brown Field Municipal	San Diego	526 ft	2,048 ft	August
KMYF — Montgomery-Gibbs Exec	San Diego	427 ft	2,015 ft	August
1C9 — Frazier Lake Airpark	Hollister	152 ft	2,001 ft	July
KFUL — Fullerton Municipal	Fullerton	96 ft	1,902 ft	August
KCCR — Buchanan Field	Concord	26 ft	1,896 ft	July
0Q9 — Sonoma Skypark	Sonoma	29 ft	1,783 ft	August
KSTS — Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County	Santa Rosa	129 ft	1,781 ft	August
0Q3 — Sonoma Valley	Schellville/Sonoma	16 ft	1,767 ft	August
KCVH — Hollister Municipal	Hollister	231 ft	1,738 ft	August
KRHV — Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County	San Jose	135 ft	1,701 ft	August
KSZP — Santa Paula	Santa Paula	250 ft	1,648 ft	September
KLGB — Long Beach (Daugherty Field)	Long Beach	60 ft	1,641 ft	August
KSBP — San Luis Obispo County Regional	San Luis Obispo	212 ft	1,596 ft	September
O69 — Petaluma Municipal	Petaluma	90 ft	1,578 ft	September
KSJC — Norman Y Mineta San Jose International	San Jose	62 ft	1,531 ft	August
KCRQ — Mc Clellan-Palomar	Carlsbad	331 ft	1,509 ft	August
KDVO — Gnoss Field	Novato	4 ft	1,473 ft	September
KSNA — John Wayne/Orange County	Santa Ana	56 ft	1,461 ft	August
KSQL — San Carlos	San Carlos	6 ft	1,438 ft	July
KCMA — Camarillo	Camarillo	77 ft	1,437 ft	September
KAPC — Napa County	Napa	36 ft	1,430 ft	September
KCPM — Compton/Woodley	Compton	99 ft	1,407 ft	August
KFOT — Rohnerville	Fortuna	393 ft	1,375 ft	September
KTOA — Zamperini Field	Torrance	103 ft	1,374 ft	August
KSMX — Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field	Santa Maria	261 ft	1,372 ft	September
KHHR — Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal	Hawthorne	66 ft	1,367 ft	August
KSMO — Santa Monica Municipal	Santa Monica	170 ft	1,356 ft	August
KPAO — Palo Alto	Palo Alto	7 ft	1,351 ft	September
KLAX — Los Angeles International	Los Angeles	128 ft	1,317 ft	August
KOKB — Bob Maxwell Meml Airfield	Oceanside	28 ft	1,295 ft	August
KWVI — Watsonville Municipal	Watsonville	163 ft	1,271 ft	September
KHWD — Hayward Exec	Hayward	52 ft	1,243 ft	September
KSAN — San Diego International	San Diego	17 ft	1,219 ft	August
KOAR — Marina Municipal	Marina	137 ft	1,201 ft	September
KLPC — Lompoc	Lompoc	88 ft	1,147 ft	September
KLLR — Little River	Little River	574 ft	1,130 ft	August
KSNS — Salinas Municipal	Salinas	84 ft	1,117 ft	September
KMRY — Monterey Regional	Monterey	257 ft	1,107 ft	September
KSFO — San Francisco International	San Francisco	13 ft	1,055 ft	September
KSBA — Santa Barbara Municipal	Santa Barbara	14 ft	1,038 ft	August
KOXR — Oxnard	Oxnard	45 ft	1,012 ft	August
KOAK — Oakland San Francisco Bay	Oakland	9 ft	1,006 ft	September
0O9 — Ward Field	Gasquet	356 ft	920 ft	August
L52 — Oceano County	Oceano	14 ft	910 ft	October
0Q5 — Shelter Cove	Shelter Cove	73 ft	817 ft	September
KACV — California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County	Arcata/Eureka	222 ft	690 ft	September
KHAF — Half Moon Bay	Half Moon Bay	66 ft	582 ft	September
S51 — Andy Mc Beth	Klamath Glen	42 ft	566 ft	September
KCEC — Jack Mc Namara Field	Crescent City	61 ft	453 ft	September
O33 — Samoa Field	Eureka	20 ft	370 ft	August
KEKA — Murray Field	Eureka	11 ft	359 ft	August

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which California airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Monache Meadows (L80) tops the list: from 7,874 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 10,710 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in California?

Monache Meadows (L80) at 7,874 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.