Bakersfield Municipal Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Bakersfield Municipal Airport
| image = Bakersfield_Municipal_Airport_diagram.png
| image-width = 150
| FAA = L45
| type = Public
| owner = City of Bakersfield
| operator =
| city-served = Bakersfield, California
| location =
| elevation-f = 378
| elevation-m = 115
| coordinates = {{coord|35|19|30|N|118|59|46|W|type:airport_scale:10000_region:US|display=inline}}
| pushpin_map = United States Bakersfield#USA California
| pushpin_label = L45
| pushpin_map_alt = Bakersfield Municipal Airport within Bakersfield
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport within Bakersfield
| website =
| r1-number = 16/34
| r1-length-f = 4,000
| r1-length-m = 1,219
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2011
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 25,000
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 82
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=L45|use=PU|own=PU|site=01289.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
}}
Bakersfield Municipal Airport {{airport codes|||L45}} is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Bakersfield, a city in Kern County, California, United States. The airport is mostly used for general aviation.
History
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces, as Bakersfield Army Air Field, Air Transport Command as a sub-base of Hammer Field. Early US jet fighters, Bell P-59 Airacomet, were operating from the Airport in 1943. [http://www.militarymuseum.org/BakersfieldMuniAirport.html Historic California Posts, Camps Stations and Airfields: Bakersfield Army Air Field]
Facilities and aircraft
Bakersfield Municipal Airport covers an area of {{convert|253|acre|ha}} at an elevation of 378 feet (115 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2009, the airport had 25,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. At that time there were 82 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.
See also
References
External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=35.3249&lon=-118.996&w=500&h=850&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 1 June 1994] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004035648/http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=35.3249&lon=-118.996&w=500&h=850&lp=---+None+--- |date=4 October 2012 }} from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|L45}}
{{US-airport-minor|L45}}
Category:Airports in Bakersfield, California
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in California
Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in North America