Big Bear City Airport
L35 · Big Bear City, California · San Bernardino County · map
Big Bear City Airport is a public-use airport owned by Big Bear Airport Dist in Big Bear City, California, 6,752 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,850 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 61 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 30,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Big Bear City Airport?
Its FAA code is L35.
Where is Big Bear City Airport?
It is in Big Bear City, California, 6,752 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Big Bear City Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 5,850 feet long, asphalt.
Does Big Bear City Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Big Bear City Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Big Bear City Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Big Bear City Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L35
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Big Bear Airport Dist
- Elevation
- 6,752 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,200 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,850 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 370 ft
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, trees 40 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Barstow and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 | |
| L35 and aWOS-3 | 135.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 909-585-4033.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: San Bernardino International (21 nm southwest), Apple Valley Airport (25 nm northwest), March Arb Airport (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
- Mountains all quadrants; peak hazard lights southeast; south; and northwest.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 08 and 26 oper continuously.
- 100LL available 24 hour self service.
- Jet a fuel available 8:00 am to 4:00 pm local, SELF-SERVICE after hours.
- Road and 6' fence 110' from threshold perpendicular to centerline.
- Road and 6' fence 100' from threshold 125' right.
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess left of runway centerline.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold over +15' road 480' from displaced threshold 32:1
- Runway 26 approach ratio to displaced threshold 20:1; approach ratio to displaced threshold over +50 feet trees 1000 feet from displaced threshold 100 feet left 20:1.
- <extreme noise sensitive area; practice (fly quiet) procedures in the interest of noise abatement.
- Noise abatement procedures; avoid overflying of high school 1 mile east at all times.
- On takeoff make 10 degrees left turn at end of runway to avoid housing to east and elementary school to west of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 53 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 30,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 16,800 |
| general aviation, local | 11,200 |
| military | 2,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Big Bear City from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Bear City, California: 24 piston singles, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
Repair stations in Big Bear City:
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Joseph Scarcella private pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Beaumont, CA (20 nm) · (909) 754-9155 · [email protected]
- Leo M Bell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Riverside, CA (35 nm) · (951) 906-7283 · [email protected]
- Thomas Hamm private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Riverside, CA (35 nm) · (951) 347-2770 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Warren Earl private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rancho Cucamonga, CA (38 nm) · (909) 921-4474 · [email protected]
- Anthony James Gadis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Upland, CA (42 nm) · (909) 215-0461 · [email protected]
- Christopher Robert Kaplan private pilot; airplanes · Vmc Aviation · Upland, CA (42 nm) · (916) 990-7626 · [email protected]
- James Mason Reid private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flying Tigers · Chino, CA (42 nm) · (909) 973-7213 · [email protected]
- Mark DiLullo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Threshold - Conference Room Hangar #3 · Chino, CA (42 nm) · (909) 227-6294 · [email protected]
All 50 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 75 since 1982, 18 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Big Bear City 25 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 1 gliders
- Air Garage · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 75 since 1982 · 18 fatal
- 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/L35.json.
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 26, 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.