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Brawley Municipal Airport
KBWC / BWCBrawley, CaliforniaELEV -128 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
Imperial County Airport (IPL) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC / BWC) sits in Brawley, California, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits -128 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BWC for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Imperial County Airport (IPL, 10 nm), El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (NJK, 13 nm), and Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM, 50 nm).
Charter pricing from BWC depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Brawley.
Field capability
ICAO
KBWC
IATA
BWC
FAA / Local
BWC
Elevation
-128 ft
Coordinates
32.9929° N · 115.5170° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs CA fields
state range -210–7,135 ft
At -128 ft, BWC sits lower than 98% 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.
- 10nmIPLImperial County AirportImperial
- 13nmNJKEl Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)El Centro
- 50nmTRMJacqueline Cochran Regional AirportPalm Springs
- 50nmYUMYuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station YumaYuma
- 55nmBLHBlythe AirportBlythe
- 71nmPSPPalm Springs International AirportPalm Springs
Location
Open the full mapKBWC · Brawley Municipal Airport · Brawley, CA
From the ramp
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