Baker City Municipal
BKE · KBKE · Baker City, Oregon · Baker County · map
Baker City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Baker City, 3 miles north of Baker City, Oregon, 3,373 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,084 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBKE · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBKE 061953Z AUTO 31004KT 9SM CLR 24/M01 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP206 T02441006 $
TAF KBKE 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BKE · ICAO KBKE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Baker City
- Elevation
- 3,373 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to April, every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm; May to SEPT, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,084 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,359 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 08/26 | 3,670 × 140 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 20 ft high 515 ft from the end
- Runway 31: road 15 ft high 515 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 397 ft
- Runway 08: road 16 ft high 280 ft from the end
- Runway 26: brush 14 ft high 225 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Baker and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.05 | |
| Bke and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 541-523-5412.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Baker City from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Baker City, Oregon: 29 piston singles, 11 helicopters, 4 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 13 operates continuously.
- Runway 35 15 feet road 110 feet from runway end.
- No markings.
- No runway NR.
- Runway 35 15 feet road; dist 110 feet; 14:1 based on 397' displaced thld.
- Birds in the vicinity of aprt.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -22C.
- Runway 8/26 closed indef.
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.