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Bicycle Lake Army Airfield
The jet engines of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III kick up clouds of dust as the aircraft turns around at the end of a dirt runway at Bicycle Lake Army Airfield on Fort Irwin, Calif., on Feb. 10, 2006. The Globemaster and her crew are attached to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing.
IATA: BYS ICAO: KBYS FAA LID: BYS
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	United States Army
Location	Fort Irwin, California
Elevation AMSL	2,350 ft / 716 m
Coordinates	35°16′50″N 116°37′48″W / 35.2805303°N 116.6300294°W / 35.2805303; -116.6300294
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 9,500 2,896 Gravel 13/31 5,800 1,768 Gravel
Sources: FAA

Bicycle Lake Army Airfield (IATA: BYS, ICAO: KBYS, FAA LID: BYS) is a military airport located on the Bicycle dry lake bed, three miles (5 km) northeast of the Fort Irwin cantonment area, in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the United States Army.

References

1. "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for BYS PDF, effective 27 August 2009

• John Pike (26 April 2005). "Military, Facilities, Army Airfields: Bicycle Lake AAF". GlobalSecurity. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

External links

• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective November 28, 2024
• Resources for this U.S. military airport:
  • FAA airport information for BYS
  • AirNav airport information for KBYS
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KBYS
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bicycle Lake Army Airfield

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