Bicycle Lake Army Air Field (KBYS) Aviation Weather: METAR
A current METAR is not available for KBYS right now.
Live aviation weather for Bicycle Lake Army Air Field in Fort Irwin/Barstow, CA, including METAR, flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling, altimeter and runway crosswinds.
Bicycle Lake Army Air Field (KBYS) is a regional airport serving Fort Irwin/Barstow, CA at a field elevation of 2,350 ft. KBYS reports its own METAR, decoded live on this page as flight category, wind, visibility, ceiling and altimeter. It has 2 physical runways (04/22, 13/31), the longest 9,631 ft.
What changed at KBYS?
Since the 1755Z (10:55 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Wind picked up to 8 kt from calm.
- Temperature up 3°C.
Current pilot readout for KBYS
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | 9,631 ft | GRE | - | - |
| 13 | 6,124 ft | GRE | - | - |
| 22 | 9,631 ft | GRE | - | - |
| 31 | 6,124 ft | GRE | - | - |
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KBYS runways
2 physical runways · 4 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 04/229,631 × 175 ft · GRECurrent useno stated-runway source at KBYSWind
- 04
- no steady wind
- 22
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence → - Status not monitoredRunway 13/316,124 × 175 ft · GRECurrent useno stated-runway source at KBYSWind
- 13
- no steady wind
- 31
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 11→8 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KBYS weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Recent aviation weather trends at KBYS
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, KBYS reported mostly VFR across 26 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 18 kt. Wind most often came from the S.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 04
- 32%
- 22
- 27%
- 13
- 26%
- 31
- 15%
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Live crosswind meter
KBYS's weather station isn't reporting right now.
Live wind is temporarily unavailable.
GRE · 9,631 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.
Field aerial
North up
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- Jet A+
- Attended
- 24 hours
- Control tower
- None
Airport
- Type
- Regional airport
- ICAO
- KBYS
- IATA
- BYS
- FAA LID
- BYS
- City
- Fort Irwin/Barstow
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 2,350 ft
- Coordinates
- 35.2805, -116.6300
- Runways
- 2 physical runways · 4 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 9,631 ft
- Weather reporting
- Reports METAR
- TAF
- Nearest KDAG
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Sunset in
- 5h 27m
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Pilot PIREPs for Bicycle Lake Army Air Field (KBYS)
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