Meadows Field Airport

Meadows Field AFB Kern County Airport No. 1
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: BFL ICAO: KBFL FAA LID: BFL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Kern County
Operator	Kern County Department of Airports
Serves	Greater Bakersfield metropolitan area
Location	Oildale, California
Elevation AMSL	510 ft / 155 m
Coordinates	35°26′02″N 119°03′28″W / 35.43389°N 119.05778°W / 35.43389; -119.05778
Website	meadowsfield.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12L/30R 10,855 3,309 Asphalt 12R/30L 7,703 2,348 Asphalt
Statistics (12 months ending July 2021, except where noted)
Passenger volume 208,880 Departing passengers 94,700 Scheduled flights 2,816 Cargo (lb.) 1.66 mil Aircraft operations (2018) 61,229 Based aircraft (2021) 194
Source: Federal Aviation Administration,[1] BTS[2]

Meadows Field (IATA: BFL, ICAO: KBFL, FAA LID: BFL) is a public airport in Kern County, California, United States, three miles northwest of downtown Bakersfield.^[1] It is the main airport for the Bakersfield area, and one of two international airports in the San Joaquin Valley, the other Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Also known as Kern County Airport #1, it is located in an area of unincorporated Kern County adjacent to Oildale, California.

Federal Aviation Administration records show 141,847 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[3] 103,067 in 2009 and 111,699 in 2010.^[4] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.^[5]