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KL45 ·
Bakersfield Municipal Airport
35.32480°N
-118.99600°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲
12.2%
DEP / DAY
9
▼
12.7%
Bakersfield Municipal Airport (KL45) is a small general aviation airport located in Bakersfield, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KBFL, 8 mi away (KL45 does not publish METAR)
Temp
87°F
Wind
6 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
16/34
4,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
34
68% of ops
135 land · 107 TO
16
32% of ops
65 land · 30 TO
Runway 34 carries 68% of operations (135 landings, 107 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 32%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
34
135 landings
UA 10%
16
65 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 135 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
14.6
flights/day · 437 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 126.450 | — |
| APCH | 270.300 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| BAKERSFI | 127.100 | — |
| OTHER | 127.100 | — |
| BAKERSFI | 317.700 | — |
| OTHER | 317.700 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZLA
- Mag var:
- 14° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
WR
wrh3
05/12/2012
on the north end of the field with big apron for airplane parking
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