Airports / California / BXS
Borrego Valley Airport
BXSBorrego Springs, CaliforniaELEV 520 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Borrego Valley Airport (BXS) sits in Borrego Springs, California, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 520 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BXS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM, 24 nm), Palm Springs International Airport (PSP, 36 nm), and El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (NJK, 42 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BXS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BXS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KL08
IATA
BXS
FAA / Local
L08
Elevation
520 ft
Coordinates
33.2590° N · 116.3210° 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 520 ft, BXS sits higher than 62% 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.
- 24nmTRMJacqueline Cochran Regional AirportPalm Springs
- 36nmPSPPalm Springs International AirportPalm Springs
- 42nmNJKEl Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)El Centro
- 45nmIPLImperial County AirportImperial
- 48nmNKXMiramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher FieldSan Diego
- 49nmCLDMcClellan-Palomar AirportCarlsbad
Location
Open the full mapKL08 · Borrego Valley Airport · Borrego Springs, CA
From the ramp
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