Big Bear City (L35) has 1 runway. Runway 08/26 is 5,850 ft long and 75 ft wide. The surface is asphalt. The field elevation is 6,752.4 ft MSL. There is no control tower. No ILS runway ends are published. Runway 08 uses right traffic. Noise abatement is a major factor here. The airport is an extreme noise sensitive area. Pilots should fly quiet procedures in the interest of noise abatement. Noise abatement procedures also require avoiding overflying the high school one mile east at all times. Use the current FAA Chart Supplement for the published airport data before you go.
Wind & favored runway
Favored end is picked from the current METAR wind at L35.
Pattern entry · RWY 26
LEFT TRAFFICAll runways
Traffic pattern
Pattern altitude is 1,200 ft AGL, which is 7,952.4 ft MSL. Runway 08 uses right traffic. That is the published pattern exception. No tower is in operation, so pilots self-announce and self-sequence in the pattern. Keep the noise abatement notes in mind. The airport is an extreme noise sensitive area. Avoid overflying the high school one mile east at all times. Use the published pattern and stay alert for traffic.
Every end, one page
Each runway end has its own page with wind component, traffic pattern geometry and ILS for that specific direction.