Paradise Lakes Airport
7CA2 · Bakersfield, California · Kern County · map
Paradise Lakes Airport is a private airport, 20 miles southeast of Bakersfield, California, 340 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,700 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7CA2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 340 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,700 × 60 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 16: power line 40 ft high 400 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bakersfield Municipal (10 nm north), Meadows Field (17 nm north), Tehachapi Municipal (24 nm east), Shafter-Minter Field (24 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bakersfield Municipal (10 nm north), Meadows Field (17 nm north), Tehachapi Municipal (24 nm east), Shafter-Minter Field (24 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 16/34 marked with tires.
- Power line marked with orange balls.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bakersfield from the FAA register
372 aircraft are registered to owners in Bakersfield, California: 260 piston singles, 30 helicopters, 22 piston twins, 22 business jets, 21 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Bakersfield, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Premier Aircraft Services LLC Premiere Aviation operates a fleet of Cessna 421C Golden Eagle aircraft based at Concord Jet Center in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering on-demand charter flights with professional pilots.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Faithful Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Lakeside, 10 miles away Faithful Flyers is a Christ-centered aviation organization based in Lakeside, California.
Charter operators and airlines based in Bakersfield:
- Loyd's Aviation 2 aircraft on the certificate Loyd's Aviation is a full-service fixed-base operator (FBO) founded in 1958 and operating three locations in Bakersfield, Paso Robles, and Delano, California.
- Golden State Air Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Kern Charter Service, INC. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Bakersfield:
- Loyd'S Aircraft Maintenance INC Loyd's Aviation is a full-service fixed-base operator (FBO) with three locations in Bakersfield, Paso Robles, and Delano, California.
- Megahertz Avionics INC
- Nextgen Avionics NextGen Aviation Services is an FAA Part 145 heavy maintenance repair station founded in 2020, based in Chino, California.
- Northwest Metrology
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bakersfield 372 aircraft · 260 piston singles, 30 helicopters, 22 piston twins
- Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC 38 aircraft in town
- Premier Aircraft Services LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Best Equipment Leasing LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Wonderful Orchards LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Premier Aircraft Services LLC 8 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Loyd's Aviation 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Golden State Air Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Kern Charter Service, INC. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Faithful Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Loyd'S Aircraft Maintenance INC · repair station
- Megahertz Avionics INC · repair station
- Nextgen Avionics · repair station
- Northwest Metrology · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/7CA2.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.
