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KBFL — Meadows Fld
Bakersfield, CA · field elevation 510 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
KBFL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBFL 252254Z 30009KT 10SM CLR 32/07 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP111 T03220072
- Wind
- from 300° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 32 °C / dewpoint 7 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,722 ft · pressure altitude 550 ft
- Observed
- 63 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 300° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 30R | 9 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 30L | 9 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 12L | 9 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
| 12R | 9 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 17 nm. Last image 3 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBFL 252320Z 2600/2624 30008KT P6SM SKC FM260300 35003KT P6SM SKC
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.43386, -119.05767
- Elevation
- 510 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1347Z / 0148Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 14°E (1985)
- Fuel
- 100,100LL,A
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Kern, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KBFL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12L/30R | 10,849 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 12R/30L | 7,700 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 118.6
- Tower 0600-2300
- 118.1
- Ground
- 121.7
- CTAF
- 118.1
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach SOUTH
- 118.8
- Approach NORTH
- 118.9
- Approach
- 119.075
- Departure NORTH/SOUTH
- 126.45
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 3 departures published
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBFL airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.