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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Fort Bidwell from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Bidwell, 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
- 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
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.