Bakersfield Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: L45
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Bakersfield
Serves	Bakersfield, California
Elevation AMSL	378 ft / 115 m
Coordinates	35°19′30″N 118°59′46″W / 35.32500°N 118.99611°W / 35.32500; -118.99611
Map
L45 Location of airport within Bakersfield Show map of Bakersfield, California L45 L45 (California) Show map of California
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 25,000 Based aircraft 82
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Bakersfield Municipal Airport (FAA LID: L45) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Bakersfield, a city in Kern County, California, United States.^[1] The airport is mostly used for general aviation.

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces, as Bakersfield Army Air Field, Air Transport Command as a sub-base of Hammer Field. Early US jet fighters, Bell P-59 Airacomet, were operating from the Airport in 1943. ^[2]

Bakersfield Municipal Airport covers an area of 253 acres (102 ha) at an elevation of 378 feet (115 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2009, the airport had 25,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. At that time there were 82 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.^[1]

• California World War II Army Airfields
• List of airports in Kern County, California

• Aerial image as of 1 June 1994 Archived 4 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for L45, effective November 28, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for L45
  • AirNav airport information for L45
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for L45