KBFL Meadows Fld

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 68 min old · from KTSP (34.9 nm away)

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12L 26% 10849 ft

30R 26% 10849 ft · right traffic

12R 24% 7700 ft · right traffic

30L 24% 7700 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 12L

PRIOR runway length 10849 ft +0.03

Runway 30R

PRIOR runway length 10849 ft +0.03

Runway 12R

PRIOR runway length 7700 ft -0.03

Runway 30L

PRIOR runway length 7700 ft -0.03

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	68 min	Nearest station KTSP (34.9 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KBFL field & runways

Meadows Fld, Bakersfield, California. Field elevation 510 ft. Class D airspace. Non-towered (ATCT-TRACON). Magnetic variation 14.0°E on record, 11.8°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.082°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
12L	135.4°	123.7°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~16 yr	10,849 ft	ASPH	left
12R	135.4°	123.7°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~16 yr	7,700 ft	ASPH	right
30L	315.4°	303.7°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~16 yr	7,700 ft	ASPH	left
30R	315.4°	303.7°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~16 yr	10,849 ft	ASPH	right	ILS

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KBFL ☆ Meadows Fld