Big Bear City Airport

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Arrival and Departure

Big Bear City Airport has published specific flight rules for aircraft. At the time of writing, the established procedure is for inbound traffic to fly in over the ski slopes at 9,500 feet, and for departing traffic to fly at or below 8,500 feet. As this airport is at fairly high altitude and routinely experiences density altitudes of 9,000 feet or higher, it's important (perhaps more than usual) for pilots to double-check the performance tables in their aircraft manuals to ensure that they will be able to take off. The flight rules also contain noise abatement procedures that help the airport, its tenants, and its guests to be better neighbors to the community.

The calm wind runway (26) ends at the eastern terminus of Big Bear Lake. There is no suitable landing area for several miles, as the terrain is covered almost completely with coniferous trees and houses. If an airplane can make it over the lake and past the dam, its pilot will enjoy "instant altitude" - there is a deep fissure between mountain ridges that leads roughly south towards San Bernardino. One must be cautious of possible turbulence and mountain wave/rotor activity in this area, but aside from that, it is an option for pilots who are having trouble climbing or maintaining altitude. avon tires

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Big Bear City Airport covers an area of 117 acres (47 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 5,850 x 75 ft (1,783 x 23 m). part worn tyres

There are two restaurants in the terminal building. Barnstormer (American cuisine) is open for breakfast and lunch and then closes until dinner. The Chinese restaurant, upstairs, is open all day.

Average of 81 operations per day.

Commercial

Air Taxi

GA Local

GA Transient

Military

0

0

30

46

5

161 aircraft based at airport

Single Engine

Multi Engine

Jet

Helicopter

Glider/ Ultralight

Military

151

6

0

0

4

0

Accidents and incidents

Aeromxico Flight 498 Cerritos air disaster: A private aircraft owned by William Kramer en route to Big Bear City from Zamperini Field in Torrance collided with a Douglas DC-9 owned by Aeromxico en route to Los Angeles International Airport from various Mexican cities. Both planes crashed, causing all of the people on both planes to die and some residents in Cerritos to die or sustain injuries.

A small jet crash occcured on the 20th of February after leaving San Bernardino International Airport, but neither the pilot nor the passengers were injured.

References

^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for L35 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05

^ http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/L35/summary

^ http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/L35/summary

External links

Big Bear City Airport (official site)

Resources for this airport:

AirNav airport information for L35

ASN accident history for RBF

FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker

SkyVector aeronautical chart for L35

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