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L45 Bakersfield Municipal Airport
Bakersfield, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 28 NOVEMBER 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: L45
Lat/Long: 35-19-29.5490N 118-59-45.6790W
35-19.492483N 118-59.761317W
35.3248747,-118.9960219
(estimated)
Elevation: 378.3 ft. / 115.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 14E (1990)
From city: 3 miles S of BAKERSFIELD, CA
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 93307

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1947
Control tower: no
ARTCC: LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS: RANCHO MURIETA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RIU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0700-1700
Pattern altitude: 1178.3 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWY 16 AND RWY 34; MIRL RWY 16/34 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 34 OPER CONSLY. ACTVT MIRL RWY 16/34 THREE CLICKS FOR ON; LGTS GO OUT AFTER 15 MINS.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
BAKERSFIELD APPROACH: 126.45
BAKERSFIELD DEPARTURE: 126.45
WX ASOS at BFL (7 nm NW): PHONE 661-393-3766
WX AWOS-3 at MIT (15 nm NW): 121.125 (661-393-8596)
  • APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY LOS ANGELES ARTCC ARTCC (ZLA) ON FREQS 127.1/317.7 (BAKERSFIELD RCAG) WHEN BAKERSFIELD APCH CTL (BFL) CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
EHFr139/10.8SHAFTER VORTAC115.4014E
GMNr332/31.9GORMAN VORTAC116.1016E
TTEr162/35.3TULE VOR/DME116.2516E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
A:FULL SERVICE USING FUELING TRUCK.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
150 FT PAVED STOPWAY AT EACH END OF RWY.
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 20.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Latitude: 35-19.820665N35-19.164310N
Longitude: 118-59.799475W118-59.723173W
Elevation: 378.3 ft.372.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 161 magnetic, 175 true341 magnetic, 355 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.10 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 650 ft. from runway, 170 ft. left of centerline, 30:1 slope to clear103 ft. pline, marked, 2500 ft. from runway, 22:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
1501 TRUXTUN AVE
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
Phone 661-326-3781
Manager: KEVIN PEOPLES
4101 TRUXTUN AVENUE
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93309
Phone 661-326-3781
EMERGENCY 661-327-7111

Additional Remarks

E98 ALSO ONE HEX HANGER & 20 OPEN - SHADE HANGARS.
+100 FT POLE LINE 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF ARPT.
FOR CD CTC LOS ANGELES ARTCC AT 661-575-2079.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 28 November 2024 at 0901Z to 26 December 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34   download (265KB)
VOR/DME RWY 34   download (225KB)
 
Departure Procedures
STIGR TWO   download (147KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (135KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBFL - Meadows Field Airport (7 nm NW)
KMIT - Shafter Airport-Minter Field (15 nm NW)
KDLO - Delano Municipal Airport (28 nm NW)
KPTV - Porterville Municipal Airport (42 nm N)
KMHV - Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (44 nm E)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 21-Dec-2024
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3414:34
Sunrise07:0315:03
Sunset16:4700:47
Evening civil twilight17:1501:15

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  21-Dec-2024 12:14:05
Local (UTC-8)  21-Dec-2024 04:14:05
 
METAR
KBFL 
7nm N 
211154Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 06/05 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP206 T00560050 10094 20056 53001
TAF
KBFL 
7nm N 
211120Z 2112/2212 VRB04KT 3SM BR SKC TEMPO 2112/2116 1/4SM FG BKN003 FM211800 VRB04KT 4SM BR BKN250 FM212100 VRB06KT P6SM SCT250 FM220500 VRB04KT 4SM BR BKN250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

  
 Business Name 
 
 Contact 
 
 Services / Description 
 
Fuel Prices
 
Comments
  
BEST Aviation, LLC. 661-827-1121
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft ground handling, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, ...
 
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independent
100LL Jet A
FS $6.08 $4.30 
SS $5.68 --- 
 Updated 20-Nov-2024
 
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SS=Self service
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