The desert landscape south of Las Vegas can be a desolate, harsh and foreboding place. The clear skies and diverging lines of US 95 (Veterans Memorial Highway) and US 93 will lull an aviator into a sense of complacency. Reach for the Phoenix sectional, grab a sip of water or even blink at an inopportune time and you’ll miss the town of Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada and Kidwell Airport (1L4).
Kidwell Airport is just one of the hard packed, dirt airstrips flanking US 95 south of Boulder City. From the air you’ll see the Cal-Nev-Ari water tank. Look further south and a large painted KIDWELL will appear on the roof of one of the town’s out buildings. The tattered and faded orange windsocks gently swaying in the breeze will lead you to the approach end of Runway 33.
