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Bear Valley Airport

73CA · Bear Valley, California · Alpine County · map

Bear Valley Airport is a private airport owned by Tbi Land & Cattle CO., 1 mile southeast of Bear Valley, California, 7,073 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,200 feet of dirt-trtd.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 73CA
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Tbi Land & Cattle CO.
Elevation
7,073 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart
San Francisco sectional
Magnetic variation
16E
In the FAA's files since
November 1967

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0119N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
01/193,200 × 50 ftDirt-trtd

Aircraft registered in Bear Valley from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Bear Valley, CA as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Submitted for records.
  • Trees and poles on sides of runway.
  • Summer use only.
  • Cattle may be on runway.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.