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Bakersfield Municipal Airport

35.32480°N
-118.99600°W
ARR / DAY
5
27.1%
DEP / DAY
8
24.3%

Bakersfield Municipal Airport (KL45) is a small general aviation airport located in Bakersfield, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBFL, 8 mi away (KL45 does not publish METAR)

58m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
12 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 131954Z 29012G18KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP083 T03280139

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
16/34
4,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

34
65% of ops
275 land · 242 TO
16
35% of ops
146 land · 60 TO
Runway 34 carries 65% of operations (275 landings, 242 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 35%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

34 275 landings
UA 5%
16 146 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 34 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 275 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
16.2
flights/day · 486 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 16.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (13.6 vs 18.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 410 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 270.300
UNICOM 122.800
BAKERSFI 127.100
OTHER 127.100
BAKERSFI 317.700
OTHER 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
wrh3
5/12/2012
great restaurant
on the north end of the field with big apron for airplane parking
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