# Bicycle Lake Army Air Field (BYS / KBYS)

**Bicycle Lake Army Air Field** (IATA: BYS, ICAO: KBYS) is a medium airport in Fort Irwin/Barstow, California, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,631 ft (2,936 m). It is operated by United States Army.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BYS / KBYS
- FAA: BYS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Army
- Serves: Fort Irwin/Barstow, California, United States
- Elevation: 2,350 ft / 716 m
- Coordinates: 35.2805, -116.6300
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,631 ft / 2,936 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Lake_Army_Airfield (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620037
- Weather station: KBYS · WMO 74611
- Ident: KBYS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 9,631 ft / 2,936 m | 175 ft / 53 m | Gravel |  | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,124 ft / 1,867 m | 175 ft / 53 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,631 ft / 2,936 m | #1,483 of 29,858 | #306 in North America | #226 in US |
| Elevation | 2,350 ft / 716 m | =7,428 of 43,403 | =3,467 in North America | =2,659 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | DESERT RDO NORTH | 41.650 |
| INFO | DESERT RDO ROZ 1 | 41.500 |
| RDO | DESERT RDO SOUTH | 41.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [DAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdag.md) Barstow Daggett Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [KNID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knid.md) China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [KNXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knxp.md) Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field · 73 mi / 117 km
- [EDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kedw.md) Edwards Air Force Base · 75 mi / 121 km
- [L71](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl71.md) California City Municipal Airport · 79 mi / 127 km
- [MHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmhv.md) Mojave Air & Space Port · 87 mi / 140 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/kbys/data