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O79 Sierraville Dearwater Airport
Sierraville, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

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 -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving 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
SWRr335/24.4SQUAW VALLEY VOR/DME113.2016E
FMGr259/32.4MUSTANG VORTAC117.9016E

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 fair condition
SEVERE CRACKS IN PAVEMENT
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge markings: RWY 21 DISPLCD RWY MARKINGS PARTIALLY YELLOW
RUNWAY 3  RUNWAY 21
Latitude: 39-34.723000N39-35.076167N
Longitude: 120-21.502833W120-20.979667W
Elevation: 4983.0 ft.4951.0 ft.
Gradient: 1.0%1.0%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Displaced threshold: no193 ft.
Markings: basic, in fair conditionNSTD, in fair condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: none18 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 operations: avg 83/month *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 May 2010

Additional Remarks

A96 ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.

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)
KRTS - 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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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3214:32
Sunrise06:5914:59
Sunset17:3201:32
Evening civil twilight18:0002:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-Feb-2012 04:52:15
Local (UTC-8)  11-Feb-2012 20:52:15
 
METAR
KTRK 
19nm SE 
120355Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR M01/M02 A2999 RMK AO2
KRTS 
23nm E 
120355Z AUTO 29009KT 260V320 10SM SCT065 03/M02 A2999 RMK AO2
KBLU 
24nm SW 
120352Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP151 T00280011 TSNO $
KRNO 
28nm E 
120355Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 BKN080 07/M02 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP145 T00671017 $
KGOO 
37nm SW 
120400Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN002 07/06 A3001 RMK AO1
KCXP 
37nm SE 
120355Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 05/M03 A2996 RMK AO2
TAF
KTRK 
19nm SE 
111722Z 1118/1218 VRB04KT P6SM FEW025 BKN050 FM111900 30006KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 BKN050 FM120100 VRB04KT P6SM SCT030 BKN060 FM120800 VRB03KT P6SM SCT060
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