Airports / California / DTH
Furnace Creek Airport
DTHDeath Valley, CaliforniaELEV -210 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#12 / 152
California airports by Google rating
4.8★ across 13 Google ratings — ranked against 152 rated CA fields.
42 nm
To the nearest alternate
Desert Rock Airport (DRA).
Overview
Furnace Creek Airport, listed as DTH, is a general aviation field in Death Valley, California. The airport sits -210 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into DTH for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Desert Rock Airport (DRA, 42 nm), China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID, 61 nm), and Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA, 69 nm).
Charter pricing from DTH depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Death Valley.
Field capability
ICAO
KL06
IATA
DTH
FAA / Local
L06
Elevation
-210 ft
Coordinates
36.4638° N · 116.8810° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs CA fields
state range -210–7,135 ft
At -210 ft, DTH sits lower than 99% of the 156 California fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 42nmDRADesert Rock AirportMercury
- 61nmKNIDChina Lake Naws (Armitage Field) AirportChina Lake
- 69nmKXTAHomey (Area 51) AirportGroom Lake
- 72nmBYSBicycle Lake Army Air FieldFort Irwin/Barstow
- 83nmVGTNorth Las Vegas AirportLas Vegas
- 87nmLASHarry Reid International AirportLas Vegas
Location
Open the full mapKL06 · Furnace Creek Airport · Death Valley, CA
From the ramp
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