Airports / California / TLR
Mefford Field
KTLR / TLRTulare, CaliforniaELEV 265 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#51 / 152
California airports by Google rating
4.6★ across 19 Google ratings — ranked against 152 rated CA fields.
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Visalia Municipal Airport (VIS) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Mefford Field, listed as KTLR / TLR, is a general aviation field in Tulare, California. Field elevation is 265 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list TLR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Visalia Municipal Airport (VIS, 10 nm), Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) Airport (NLC, 32 nm), and Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT, 42 nm).
Trip costs from TLR are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from TLR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KTLR
IATA
TLR
FAA / Local
TLR
Elevation
265 ft
Coordinates
36.1563° N · 119.3260° 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 265 ft, TLR sits lower than 51% 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.
- 10nmVISVisalia Municipal AirportVisalia
- 32nmNLCLemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) AirportLemoore
- 42nmFATFresno Yosemite International AirportFresno
- 45nmBFLMeadows FieldBakersfield
- 52nmKL45Bakersfield International AirportBakersfield
- 70nmPRBPaso Robles Municipal AirportPaso Robles
Location
Open the full mapKTLR · Mefford Field · Tulare, CA
From the ramp
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