Bicycle Lake Army Airfield
BYS · KBYS · Fort Irwin/Barstow, California · San Bernardino County · map
Bicycle Lake Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency, 3 miles northeast of Fort Irwin/Barstow, California, 2,350 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 9,631 feet of gravel. It has fuel (Jet A with additive).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KBYS · observed 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 44°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBYS 062055Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 34/06 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP113 T03410064 57020 $
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 BYS · ICAO KBYS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 2,350 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additive
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 9,631 × 175 ft | Gravel | Low-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 6,124 × 175 ft | Gravel |
Radio frequencies
| Adzy | 118.175 | |
| Operations South | 126.2 | |
| Operations North | 134.1 |
Aircraft registered in Fort Irwin/Barstow from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Irwin/Barstow, 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
- Caution: landing areas subject to BROWN-OUT conditions; occasional blowing sand/dust.
- Main post helipad rstrd to medical evacuation and vip aircraft.
- Caution: HI voltage radar transient vicinity mars Lake in goldstone.
- Caution: extv low level jet act.
- Caution: surface to surface and air to gnd gunnery.
- Misc: weather fcst service, Bicycle Lake dsn 470-9527, C760-380-9527. Remote weather briefing service available davis monthan afb, dsn 228-6598/6599, C520-228-6598/6599.
- Ltd fcst service, Bicycle Lake dsn 470-4328.
- Caution: pwr poles near highwater pads and southwest of runway 04 thld unlighted.
- Service - light: helipad west lighted, no runway lights 04/22.
- Communications: pmsv - 69.95, 66.9; ATIS 239.275 (C760-380-7188 national training center); desert rdo south - (east) 66.1, 126.2, 267.275; desert rdo north - (east) 66.1, 126.2, 302.3; desert rdo central - (east) 66.1, 126.2, 281.45.
- Runway 13/31 closed.
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.