Saline Valley Warm Springs Airfield, commonly known as the Chicken Strip, is a non-towered dirt airstrip not depicted on an FAA sectional chart.
The airstrip provides general aviation fly-in access to the Saline Valley hot springs in Death Valley National Park.
[1] Chicken Strip was built in the 1960s to provide quicker access to the nearby hot springs, sometimes called the warm springs, that are a short walking distance away.
Without the airport the only other access to the Saline Valley hot springs is an arduous, 40 miles (64 km) dirt road that can take three to four hours to complete.
[2] Chicken Strip is at an elevation of 1,360 ft (410 m) above mean sea level.