Airports / California / BYS
Bicycle Lake Army Air Field
KBYS / BYSFort Irwin/Barstow, CaliforniaELEV 2,350 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Barstow Daggett Airport (DAG).
Overview
Bicycle Lake Army Air Field, listed as KBYS / BYS, is a mid-sized airport in Fort Irwin/Barstow, California. The field lies at an elevation of 2,350 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BYS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Barstow Daggett Airport (DAG, 27 nm), China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID, 57 nm), and Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field (KNXP, 63 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BYS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BYS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KBYS
IATA
BYS
FAA / Local
BYS
Elevation
2,350 ft
Coordinates
35.2805° N · 116.6300° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs CA fields
state range -210–7,135 ft
At 2,350 ft, BYS sits higher than 85% 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.
- 27nmDAGBarstow Daggett AirportDaggett
- 57nmKNIDChina Lake Naws (Armitage Field) AirportChina Lake
- 63nmKNXPTwentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing FieldTwentynine Palms
- 66nmEDWEdwards Air Force BaseEdwards
- 77nmSBDSan Bernardino International AirportSan Bernardino
- 82nmPMDPalmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 AirportPalmdale
Location
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From the ramp
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