# Big Bear City Airport (RBF / L35)

**Big Bear City Airport** (IATA: RBF, FAA: L35) is a small airport in Big Bear, California, United States. It opened in Mar 1943. It has one runway, 5,850 ft (1,783 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kl35

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RBF / —
- FAA: L35
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Big Bear, California, United States
- Opened: Mar 1943
- Elevation: 6,752 ft / 2,058 m
- Coordinates: 34.2638, -116.8560
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,850 ft / 1,783 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.bigbearcityairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bear_City_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619653
- Weather station: KL35
- Ident: KL35

## Timeline

- Mar 1943: Big Bear City Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,850 ft / 1,783 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,850 ft / 1,783 m | #4,996 of 29,858 | #1,469 in North America | #1,150 in US |
| Elevation | 6,752 ft / 2,058 m | #621 of 43,403 | #304 in North America | #213 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 135.925 |
| CNTR | LOS ANGELES CNTR | 126.350 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.725 |

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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/kl35/data