Southard Field
O55 · Bieber, California · Lassen County · map
Southard Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Lassen, 2 miles northeast of Bieber, California, 4,163 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,980 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Southard Field?
Its FAA code is O55.
Where is Southard Field?
It is 2 miles northeast of Bieber, California, 4,163 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Southard Field?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,980 feet long, asphalt.
Does Southard Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Southard Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Big Valley Flying Club. Compare them
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O55
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Lassen
- Elevation
- 4,163 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,980 × 35 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: trees 65 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 385 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Alturas Municipal (33 nm northeast), Tulelake Municipal (46 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Alturas Municipal (33 nm northeast), Tulelake Municipal (46 nm north).
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
- Predates to 1958 FA act.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Lassen county deputy director of public works.
- Public works department, susanville.
- +3' fence 0-60' diagonally across primary surface.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bieber from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Bieber, California: 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.
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Big Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · Lookout, 5 miles away
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bieber 1 aircraft · 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Big Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O55.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.