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Gray Butte Field

Palmdale, United States

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04CA

Elevation

3020 ft

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Palmdale · CA · United States

Position

34.567°, -117.671° · 3020 ft elev.

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Small general aviation field serving the Palmdale high desert region.

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Palmdale, United States

Gray Butte Field is a small general aviation airport located near Palmdale, California, in the Antelope Valley area of Los Angeles County. It operates under the FAA identifier 04CA and serves private pilots, flight training, and light aircraft operations in the high desert region. The airport is a privately owned public-use facility, catering primarily to small piston and turboprop aircraft. It does not support scheduled commercial airline service and has no IATA code assigned. The surrounding area is characterized by the high desert landscape typical of the Mojave region.

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›FAA identifier is 04CA; no IATA code assigned.
›Privately owned public-use general aviation airport.
›Located in the Antelope Valley near Palmdale, California.
›Situated in the Mojave Desert high desert region of Los Angeles County.
›Supports light general aviation traffic with no scheduled commercial service.

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Grey Butte Field Airport

Private airport in California

Gray Butte Field Airport is a private airport located 25 miles east of Palmdale, California. It is owned by General Atomics of San Diego. Its primary use is the development and testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for the United States Military and the United States Government.

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