Bakersfield Municipal
L45 · Bakersfield, California · Kern County · map
Bakersfield Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bakersfield, 3 miles south of Bakersfield, California, 378 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L45
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bakersfield
- Elevation
- 378 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 103 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.45 | |
| Bakersfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
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Aircraft registered in Bakersfield from the FAA register
369 aircraft are registered to owners in Bakersfield, California: 258 piston singles, 30 helicopters, 22 piston twins, 22 business jets, 20 turboprops. 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 California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 1 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 1959.
- +100 feet pole line 1/2 mile south of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and runway 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 34 oper continuously. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 three clicks for on; lights go out after 15 minimums.
- Full service using fueling truck.
- 150 feet paved stopway at each end of runway.
- (E98) also one hex hanger and 20 open - shade hangars.
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.