[1] Big Bear City Airport covers an area of 117 acres (47 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 5,850 x 75 ft (1,783 x 23 m).

[1] The Barnstorm Restaurant in the terminal building serves German-American cuisine and is open every day from 7am to 3pm for breakfast and lunch.

If an airplane can make it over the lake and past the dam, its pilot will enjoy "instant altitude" - there is a deep fissure between mountain ridges that leads roughly south towards San Bernardino.

One must be cautious of possible turbulence and mountain wave/rotor activity in this area, but aside from that, it is an option for pilots who are having trouble climbing or maintaining altitude.

In 1988, Alpha Air, a commuter airline based in southern California which subsequently became a Trans World Express air carrier flying on behalf of TWA, was operating nonstop service from the airport to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).