# Beale Air Force Base (BAB / KBAB)

**Beale Air Force Base** (IATA: BAB, ICAO: KBAB) is a medium airport in Beale Air Force Base, California, United States. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 12,001 ft (3,658 m) long, concrete. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbab

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BAB / KBAB
- FAA: BAB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Beale Air Force Base, California, United States
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 113 ft / 34 m
- Coordinates: 39.1361, -121.4370
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 12,001 ft / 3,658 m
- Instrument procedures: 10 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.beale.af.mil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q812921
- Weather station: KBAB
- Ident: KBAB

## Timeline

- 1942: Beale Air Force Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 12,001 ft / 3,658 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Concrete | 161° / 341° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00771AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 12,001 ft / 3,658 m | =326 of 29,858 | =77 in North America | =67 in US |
| Elevation | 113 ft / 34 m | =36,423 of 43,403 | =16,519 in North America | =13,832 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACP | 940TH COMD POST | 25.602 |
| APP | NORCAL APP | 125.400 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 27.350 |
| DEP | NORCAL DEP | 125.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| MISC | SUPERVISOR OF FLYING | 138.500 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 23.980 |
| POST | WING COMD POST | 32.100 |
| PTD | PTD | 140.875 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [MYV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyv.md) Yuba County Airport · 7.6 mi / 12 km
- [SMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmf.md) Sacramento International Airport · 32 mi / 51 km
- [MCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcc.md) McClellan Airfield · 32 mi / 52 km
- [MHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmhr.md) Sacramento Mather Airport · 41 mi / 66 km
- [SAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksac.md) Sacramento Executive Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [SUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksuu.md) Travis Air Force Base · 66 mi / 106 km

## 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/kbab/data