FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | O79 |
| Lat/Long: | 39-34-54.0000N / 120-21-14.5000W
39-34.900000N / 120-21.241667W
39.5816667 / -120.3540278
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4984 ft. / 1519.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 16E (1985) |
| From city: | 1 mile SE of SIERRAVILLE, CA |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 96126 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Sectional chart: | SAN FRANCISCO |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | OAKLAND CENTER |
| FSS: | RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | RNO (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Pattern altitude: | 5784 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | yes |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX AWOS-3 at TRK (19 nm SE): | 118.0 (530-587-4599) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| SWRr335/24.4 | | SQUAW VALLEY VOR/DME | | 113.20 | | 16E |
| FMGr259/32.4 | | MUSTANG VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 16E |
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 3/21
| Dimensions: | 3260 x 50 ft. / 994 x 15 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in poor condition
SEVERE CRACKS IN PAVEMENT |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge markings: | RWY 21 DISPLCD RWY MARKINGS PARTIALLY YELLOW |
| RUNWAY 3 | | RUNWAY 21 |
| Latitude: | 39-34.723000N | | 39-35.076167N |
| Longitude: | 120-21.502833W | | 120-20.979667W |
| Elevation: | 4983.0 ft. | | 4951.0 ft. |
| Gradient: | 1.0% | | 1.0% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Displaced threshold: | no | | 193 ft. |
| Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | NSTD, in fair condition |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| Obstructions: | none | | 18 ft. road, 200 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline
RWY 21 +4' FENCE 0' FM RY END, +18' ROAD O' FM RY END; 125' L. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | COUNTY OF SIERRA
PO BOX 98
DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936
Phone 916-289-3201 |
| Manager: | TIM BEALS
PO BOX 98
DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936
Phone 916-289-3201
SIERRA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, DOWNIEVILLE. |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 1 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 1 |
- ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.
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| Aircraft operations: avg 83/month * | | 50% | transient general aviation | | 50% | local general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2002 | |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at O79.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
O02 - Nervino Airport (14 nm N)
KTRK - Truckee-Tahoe Airport (19 nm SE)
4SD - Reno/Stead Airport (23 nm E)
KRNO - Reno/Tahoe International Airport (28 nm E)
KGOO - Nevada County Air Park (37 nm SW)
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| Aerial photo |
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Photo by Isaac Sumner
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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Jul-2009
| | Local
(UTC-7) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:08 | | 12:08 |
| Sunrise | | 05:40 | | 12:40 |
| Sunset | | 20:31 | | 03:31 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:04 | | 04:04 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 04-Jul-2009 18:16:52 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 04-Jul-2009 11:16:52 |
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| METAR |
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KTRK
19nm SE | 041750Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 22/02 A3025 RMK NO SPECI
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KBLU
24nm SW | 041752Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 23/M01 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02331011 10239 20194 51006 TSNO
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KRNO
28nm E | 041755Z 05005KT 10SM CLR 28/M02 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02831017 10283 20161 58006
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| TAF |
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KTRK
19nm SE | 041720Z 0418/0518 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM042000 20009KT P6SM SKC FM042200 24011KT P6SM SKC FM050300 00000KT P6SM SKC
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| NOTAMs |
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