Airports / California / BAB
Beale Air Force Base
KBAB / BABBeale Air Force Base, CaliforniaELEV 113 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
Yuba County Airport (MYV) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Beale Air Force Base (KBAB / BAB) is a mid-sized airport serving Beale Air Force Base, California. The field lies at an elevation of 113 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BAB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Yuba County Airport (MYV, 7 nm), Sacramento International Airport (SMF, 27 nm), and McClellan Airfield (MCC, 28 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BAB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Marysville. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BAB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KBAB
IATA
BAB
FAA / Local
BAB
Elevation
113 ft
Coordinates
39.1361° N · 121.4370° W
Airspace
C · CharlieClass C — CharlieRadar-controlled airspace around mid-size hubs. Aircraft must be in two-way radio contact and squawking a transponder while approach control sequences arrivals.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs CA fields
state range -210–7,135 ft
At 113 ft, BAB sits lower than 67% of the 156 California fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 7nmMYVYuba County AirportMarysville
- 27nmSMFSacramento International AirportSacramento
- 28nmMCCMcClellan AirfieldSacramento
- 36nmMHRSacramento Mather AirportSacramento
- 38nmSACSacramento Executive AirportSacramento
- 57nmSUUTravis Air Force BaseFairfield
Location
Open the full mapKBAB · Beale Air Force Base · Beale Air Force Base, CA
From the ramp
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