Skydive San Joaquin Valley Airport
81CA · Bakersfield, California · Kern County · map
Skydive San Joaquin Valley Airport is a private airport, 15 miles southwest of Bakersfield, California, 346 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,840 feet of asph-trtd.
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 81CA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 346 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Friday to Sunday, 8:00 am to dusk
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2014
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,840 × 60 ft | Asph-trtd |
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 (14 nm north), Taft-Kern County (18 nm west), Meadows Field (20 nm north), Shafter-Minter Field (25 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bakersfield Municipal (14 nm north), Taft-Kern County (18 nm west), Meadows Field (20 nm north), Shafter-Minter Field (25 nm north).
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
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
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, 9 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
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
- 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 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/81CA.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 29, 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.