California
San Joaquin Valley
Kern County

Taft Airport

Taft Airport, also known as Taft-Kern County Airport, is a public located one mile east of , serving , , . This general aviation airport covers 71 acres and has one runway.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in California, United States of America
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taft Union High School.

School
Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
is located in in Kern County, California, in the United States. Taft High was founded in 1912. Taft is a small city of fewer than 10,000, and the school also serves the surrounding rural area, which in the early 21st century has a total population of about 20,000.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taft and Valley Acres.

Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
is a small community at the eastern foot of the Temblor mountains, in in the of . It is not much of a vacation destination although there are sites to see including the oil museum, a historic fort and the Carrizo Plains National Monument.

Locality
is a census-designated place in , , United States. is located 5.2 miles north-northeast of , at an elevation of 420 feet. The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census. is situated 5 miles north of Taft Airport.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It is located 2 miles southeast of , at an elevation of 1,339 feet. is no longer a permanently populated place. is situated 5 miles west of Taft Airport.

Taft Airport

Latitude
35.14205° or 35° 8′ 31″ north
Longitude
-119.43893° or 119° 26′ 20″ west
Elevation
837 feet (255 metres)
Operator
Kern County, California
Open location code
85724HR6+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44403163
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5400905
Wiki­data ID
Q6588431
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Taft Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Taft-Kern County Airport”
  • French: “aérodrome de Taft-Kern County”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Taft-Kern County”
  • French: “L17”
  • Navajo: “Tsin Yaaʼáhíidi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه تفت”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Taft”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи тфт”
  • Urdu: “ٹافٹ ہوائی اڈا”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Taft Community Correctional Facility and Taft Police Department.

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