Meadows Field Airport
Meadows Field (IATA: BFL, ICAO: KBFL, FAA LID: BFL) is a county owned, public use airport in Kern County, California, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Bakersfield, California. It is the primary airport serving the Greater Bakersfield metropolitan area, and one of two international airports in the San Joaquin Valley. Also known as Kern County Airport #1, it is located in Oildale, California.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 141,847 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 103,067 enplanements in 2009, and 111,699 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
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