Information for registered pilots attending the 2025 fly-in.
NOTICES – All Attendees Please Review
20251015-1 – Runway 13/31 “Dirt Runway” is not to be used during the event. No takeoffs or landings.
20251015-2 – ForeFlight Content Pack v1.1 released. Please update to v1.1.
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Monty’s Minute – A message from Jeff Montgomery
The Sierras have received there first dusting of snow which will add to the spectacular back drop. 🏔️
Two additional safety notes for arriving and departing CTAF calls and general operations:
1. PLEASE ADD ALTITUDE REFERENCES TO YOUR CALL PLUS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ETC.
The near mid air we had last year was being perfectly communicated geographically as the two aircraft passed over/under each other unintentionally close to one another.
2. Most, perhaps all, of our close calls or questions in the past have been related to items covered in these information packets or were covered by leads during the fly day. Let’s all take time to read the details and work collaboratively to achieve success during The Grateful 6..😍
Thanks for considering.
Cheers all.
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Admin Packet – Please download and review
Airfield Map, Guidebook, and ForeFlight Content Pack
How to install ForeFlight Content Pack? – See section IMPORTING CONTENT PACKS
https://foreflight.com/support/content-packs/
Airstrip Status
| Amargosa (Private, PPR) | Bushes on south end, small plants on strip. Should be safe to use with care. |
| Ballarat | |
| Beatty | Fuel Works! |
| Big Pine | Great shape, strip is clearly visible and being used regularly. |
| Bonnie Claire Lake | Good. Southeastern quadrant looked darker. Majority of lakebed clearly dry. |
| Bonnie Claire Mine | Good. |
| Burch Ranch (Private, PPR) | Good. Vehicles parked in southeast parking area, may be hard to park a group there. |
| Burnt Corral Meadows (Private, PPR) | |
| Carvers Cut (Private, PPR) | |
| Cathedral Canyon/Hidden Hills | Good. Tons of runway. Clear path down middle of strip. |
| Chicken Strip | |
| Cinder Cone | Good. Fresh windsock. |
| Coso Junction | Good. Fresh windsock. |
| Crystal | Good. Entire strip usable. Some tall bushes at middle may impact low wings, but plenty of strip on either side. Food option is still closed. Town is very quiet. |
| Darwin | |
| Dirty Socks Hot Springs | Good. |
| Dyer | Good. Freshly graded and compacted. Best it has been in many years. Safe for small tires. Still use soft field technique. |
| Fish Lake Warm Springs | |
| Furnace Creek | |
| Gold Point | Good. Windsock torn. Locals are excited. |
| Goldfield | Good. North end a bit overgrown, but all usable. Car tire tracks do not stay in centerline. |
| Goler Heights | Good. Still a little rough. Some brush in middle of strip at west end. Middle of lakebed has massive sinkholes freshly formed. |
| Holland Camp | Good. Whole area is very green! |
| Horton Ranch (Private, PPR) | |
| Independence | |
| Jackass | Good. High tension power line being built at north end, but plenty of airstrip to be used. Some errosion near edges, so stay in the middle. |
| Johannesburg | Good. Looks like locals have repaired since rains. Transition from runway to taxiway may be a little iffy for small tires. |
| Kennedy Meadows Ranch (Private, PPR) | |
| L Cubed | Bad. Lots of holes formed on surface from rains. Big tires only. Be careful of tailwheels. |
| Lida Junction | |
| Manzanar | Good. |
| Minnietta Mine | |
| Monache USFS | Good. Numerous aircraft visited on opening weekend. |
| Monache Grant (Private, PPR) [CLOSED] | Closed. |
| Mud Dry Lake | |
| Olancha (Private, Conditional) | Good. Small plants on runway, be mindful of nosewheels and props. |
| Panamint Springs (Private, Conditional) | Good. |
| Queensland Vineyard (Private, PPR) | |
| Ruby Store | Good. Usual amount of plant life but plenty of usable strip. Surface solid. |
| Sacatar Meadows (Private, PPR) | |
| Shoshone | |
| Stovepipe Wells | |
| Trona Airport | |
| Trona Pinnacles | Good. Mud puddles off of main road surface. |
| Tule | Good. Recently graded. In fantastic shape. No windsock. |
| X-15 | Poor. Ok for big tires. Do not recommend nosewheels. Hard to perceive safe line and large dips easily hidden |
General Aviator 