| Meadows Field KBFL BFL (Bakersfield, CA) Class D: tower-tracon ranked #184 with 102,096 operations Class D service 0600-2300; Other times Class E Elevation: 509 FAA safety alert PDF
Radar facility information: Airport Surveillance Radar / 0600-2300 Chart Supplement (pdf version) MEADOWS FLD (BFL)(KBFL)
3 NW UTC–8(–7DT) N35º26.03´ W119º03.46´ 510 B ARFF Index—See Remarks NOTAM FILE BFL
RWY 12L–30R: H10849X150 (Grooved Asphalt) S–96, D–155, 2S–175, 2D–260, 2D/2D2–654 PCR 396 F/B/X/T HIRL RWY 12R–30L: H7700X100 (Asphalt) S–18 PCR 127 F/B/X/T MIRL 0.3% up NW No Part 121/Part 380 Operations RUNWAY DECLARED DISTANCE INFORMATION
SERVICE: S4 FUEL 100, 100LL, JET A OXYGEN 4
LIGHTING When Air traffic control tower closed
ACTIVATE MALSR Runway 30R; PAPI Runway 12L and 30R; HIRL Runway
12L–30R; taxiway lights—CTAF. Runway 12R–30L closed when Air traffic control tower closed. Runway
centerline lights are only visible on Runway 30R.
NOISE: Noise sensitive areas South and East of airport recommended turbojet training hours weekdays 1600–0600Z‡, weekends 2000–0600Z‡ no more than ten practice approaches per hour. AIRPORT REMARKS: Attended continuously. Runway 12R–30L CLOSED when tower closed. Right base operations for Runway 30R establish wings level on final approach no lower than 300´ AGL. Airport operations not authorized below 1200 RVR without surface movement guidance and control system (SMGCS). Airport operations not initiated below 600 RVR or authorized below 500 RVR. Runway 30R 50:1 to displaced threshold. Class I, ARFF Index B. Index C ARFF available. Landing fee charged to all air taxi, commercial aircraft operations (except flight instruction), and transient aircraft weighing more than 10000 lbs. AIRPORT MANAGER: 661-747-4053 WEATHER DATA SOURCES: ASOS (661) 246–3170 COMMUNICATIONS: CTAF 118.1 ATIS 118.6 661–399–9425 UNICOM 122.95 ® BAKERSFIELD APPROACH CONTROL 118.9 (North) 118.8 (South) 119.075 (1400–0700Z‡) ® BAKERSFIELD DEPARTURE CONTROL 126.45 (North/South) 119.075 (1400–0700Z‡) ® L.A. CENTER APPROACH/DEPARTURE CONTROL 127.1 (0700—1400Z‡) BAKERSFIELD TOWER 118.1 (1400–0700Z‡) GROUND CON 121.7
AIRSPACE: CLASS D service 1400–0700Z‡; other times CLASS E. VOR TEST FACILITY (VOT) 111.2
RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION: NOTAM FILE BFL. SHAFTER (VH) (H) VORTACW 115.4
VOR unusable:
EHF Chan. 101 N35º29.07´ W119º05.84´
133º 3.6 NM to field. 549/14E.
ILS/DME 111.9 I–BFL Chan. 56 Runway 30R. Class IE. Unmonitored when Air traffic control tower closed. LOC unusable beyond 25º left and right of course. |
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Database updated: 2026/03/19