Kern Valley Airport

Very fun airport to fly into and out of. Good challenge. Cafe staff is amazing and food is good. Camping spot near the runway and river is cool. Showers included.

I love coming out for breakfast on the weekends. Great people and awesome food. Fun to watch planes landing & taking off.
Lots of fun.

Great place to fly in and eat. Be careful of the right downwind (proximity to terrain); short base leg; and final (trees) of Rwy 17. For transient parking near the restaurant, be advised that the area is sloped. Best to have a friend or someone there to apply the chocks while brakes are held; if aircraft doesn't have a parking brake. I didn't know beforehand and almost had the plane roll away from me! Luckily a patron at the restaurant helped to apply the chocks. Beautiful place otherwise.

Beautiful area, great camping area set up, very nice people and willing to help out the campers. 15$ overnight camping fee which is totally worth every cent.
Aviation wise:
Check density altitudes and be ready for some wind shears around the mountains. No fuel so plan to have enough there. No night operations which makes sense as the terrain is rising right near the airport.
Touristy wise: Call ahead to schedule the rental car as you need it there. Not much to do other wise.

Awesome little airport with friendly people. Great place to camp, and you can park the plane next to the camp grounds. There's a water spigot, one 120v power outlet, a small firepit for each camping spot and a large communal firepit at the center of the camping area. Plenty of driftwood to gather for fires.