Fort Bidwell Airport
A28 · Fort Bidwell, California · Modoc County · map
Fort Bidwell Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Modoc, 1 mile north of Fort Bidwell, California, 4,616 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,660 feet of gravel and dirt.
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What is the airport code for Fort Bidwell Airport?
Its FAA code is A28.
Where is Fort Bidwell Airport?
It is 1 mile north of Fort Bidwell, California, 4,616 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Fort Bidwell Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,660 feet long, gravel and dirt.
Does Fort Bidwell Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA A28
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Modoc
- Elevation
- 4,616 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,660 × 50 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair |
- Runway 16: road 10 ft high 120 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lake County (20 nm northwest), Alturas Municipal (30 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake County (20 nm northwest), Alturas Municipal (30 nm southwest).
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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- No snow removal
- Road commissioner.
- Road department, alturas.
- Runway not regularly maintained, gravel and rocks up to 4" diameter on runway
- + 4 feet fence, 75 feet east of runway centerline for entire length of runway
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Bidwell from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Bidwell, CA as the owner's town.
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 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/A28.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.