KDAG is the ICAO code for Barstow Daggett Airport (IATA DAG), located in Daggett, CA.
Barstow Daggett Airport (KDAG) is a medium airport in Daggett, CA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KDAG or IATA code DAG. It sits in North America.
Barstow Daggett Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,402-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,402 ft (1,951 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Barstow Daggett Airport lies at 1,930 ft elevation.
Local operations run on America/Los_Angeles. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 407 departing and 295 arriving private-jet legs at KDAG across the next six months of operator inventory. 9 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KDAG are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Barstow-Daggett Airport is a county-owned public airport in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is five miles (8 km) east of Daggett and 14 miles (23 km) east of Barstow. Built in 1933, it is the oldest of the six airports operated by San Bernardino County.
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