# Bear Valley Airport (73CA)

**Bear Valley Airport** (FAA: 73CA) is a small airport in Bear Valley, California, United States. It opened in Nov 1967. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, dirt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/73ca

## At a glance

- FAA: 73CA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Bear Valley, California, United States
- Opened: Nov 1967
- Elevation: 7,073 ft / 2,156 m
- Coordinates: 38.4577, -120.0420
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745077
- Weather station: KBAN
- Ident: 73CA

## Timeline

- Nov 1967: Bear Valley Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Dirt |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 7,073 ft / 2,156 m | #498 of 43,403 | #224 in North America | #157 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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- [COA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ko22.md) Columbia Airport · 36 mi / 58 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/73ca/data