KBAB · Beale Air Force Base

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

113

Elevation ft

Runway

12,001

Longest ft · 15/33

39.14N

121.44W

Beale Air Force Base serves Beale Air Force Base, California at 113 ft elevation with its longest runway, 15/33, at 12,001 by 300 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

Military airfield. This is a military airfield in the FAA file. It is listed here for reference and for emergency planning. Civil use needs prior permission, there is no FBO, and no Jet A you can buy. Do not plan it as a fuel stop or a routine alternate.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
15/33	12,001 × 300 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 113 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	113 ft	2,460 ft	2,122 ft	3,183 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,313 ft	2,694 ft	2,249 ft	3,373 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,513 ft	2,928 ft	2,375 ft	3,563 ft
35°C afternoon	2,540 ft	2,933 ft	2,378 ft	3,567 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (15/33, 12,001 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,567 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Listed for reference only: KBAB is not a field to divert to or buy fuel at.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMYV Yuba County Airport	7 nm W	6,007 ft
KLHM Lincoln Regional Karl Harder Field	14 nm S	6,001 ft
KOVE Oroville Municipal Airport	23 nm N	6,020 ft
KSMF Sacramento International Airport	27 nm S	8,605 ft
KMCC McClellan Airfield	28 nm S	10,599 ft
KMHR Sacramento Mather Airport	36 nm S	11,301 ft

04Fuel and services at KBAB

There is no public FBO fuel to log at KBAB. JetDesk collects Jet A prices that pilots actually paid, at civil fields, and its route finder leaves military and private-use fields out of every ranking. Read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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