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KTRK Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Truckee, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: TRK
Lat/Long: 39-19-12.1520N / 120-08-22.4260W
39-19.202533N / 120-08.373767W
39.3200422 / -120.1395628
(estimated)
Elevation: 5900 ft. / 1798.3 m (surveyed)
Variation: 16E (2000)
From city: 2 miles E of TRUCKEE, CA
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 96161

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1962
Sectional chart: SAN FRANCISCO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: OAKLAND CENTER
FSS: RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: TRK (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0600-2300
Pattern altitude: 7000 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 1/19, RY 10/28 AND VASI RY 19 - CTAF. REIL RY 10 AVBL ON REQ CTC UNICOM (0600-2300).
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 118.0 (530-587-4599)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY OAKLAND ARTCC ON FREQ 127.95 (SQUAW VALLEY RCAG) AND FREQ 316.1 (SACRAMENTO RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SWRr020/10.3SQUAW VALLEY VOR/DME113.2016E
FMGr225/25.7MUSTANG VORTAC117.9016E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A1+
FUEL AVAIL 0700-1900 (2200-SS 100LL ONLY.)
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: HIGH/LOW
Bulk oxygen: HIGH/LOW

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 7000 x 100 ft. / 2134 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 60.0
Double wheel: 100.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 39-19.490400N39-18.914167N
Longitude: 120-09.163867W120-07.878400W
Elevation: 5897.1 ft.5888.9 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 104 magnetic, 120 true284 magnetic, 300 true
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights: yesno
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 55 ft. tree, 1470 ft. from runway, 23:1 slope to clearnone

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 4650 x 75 ft. / 1417 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 39-18.871200N39-19.534467N
Longitude: 120-08.398317W120-07.905583W
Elevation: 5886.3 ft.5886.5 ft.
Gradient: 0.2%0.2%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 014 magnetic, 030 true194 magnetic, 210 true
Displaced threshold: no115 ft.
RY 19 DSPLCD THLD NOT LGTD. RY 19 EDGE LGTS BEGIN 400 FT FM EOR.
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 225 ft. tree, 4800 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear
RWY 1 APCH RATIO 20:1
none
APCH RATIO TO DSPLCD THLD 50:1.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT DIST
10356 TRUCKEE AIRPORT RD
TRUCKEE, CA 96161
Phone 530-587-4540
Manager: DAVID V. GOTSCHALL
10356 TRUCKEE AIRPORT RD
TRUCKEE, CA 96161
Phone 530-587-4119

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 91
Single engine airplanes: 73
Multi engine airplanes: 12
Jet airplanes: 2
Gliders airplanes: 3
Ultralights: 1
  • 35-50 GLIDERS DURINGSUMMER MONTHS.
    
Aircraft operations: avg 96/day *
60% local general aviation
37% transient general aviation
3% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2004

Additional Remarks

A23 SAILPLANES USE LEFT TFC RWY 19.
RY 19 & RY 10 DSTC-TO-GO MARKERS INSTALLED ON LEFT SIDE. RY 19 MARKERS NOT LIGHTED.
NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT. PLEASE AVOID FLIGHT OVER RESIDENTIAL AREAS, N,W,S AND VOLUNTARILY AVOID ARRIVALS BETWEEN 2300 AND 0600. CTC AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION AT 530-587-4119 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
NO DE-ICE SERVICE AVAIL INDEF
SUMMER DENSITY ALTITUDES IN AFTERNOON FREQUENTLY EXCEED 9000'.
DOWN DRAFTS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED EXPC WINDSHEAR.
WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF ARPT.
SAILPLANES OPER NE OF ARPT MAY-SEP.
A103 6 MOS SEASONAL GLIDER OPS HEAVY ON WEEKENDS; 4200 OPS DURG SUMMERS NOT INCLUDED.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 19   download
VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS-A   download
 
Departure Procedures (Obstacle)
TRUCK THREE (OBSTACLE)   download
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (56KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRNO - Reno/Tahoe International Airport (20 nm NE)
KCXP - Carson Airport (20 nm E)
KRTS - Reno/Stead Airport (24 nm NE)
KMEV - Minden-Tahoe Airport (26 nm SE)
KTVL - Lake Tahoe Airport (26 nm S)
 
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From to KTRK

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3314:33
Sunrise07:0015:00
Sunset17:2901:29
Evening civil twilight17:5701:57

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Feb-2010 23:55:55
Local (UTC-8)  09-Feb-2010 15:55:55
 
METAR
KTRK 092245Z 02015KT 10SM SCT023 00/M04 A2985 RMK NO SPECI
KRNO 
20nm NE 
092255Z 05005KT 10SM SCT027 OVC041 04/M02 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 MT TOPS OBSCD SW-NW T00441017
TAF
KTRK 091955Z 0920/1018 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH BKN015 OVC035 FM100000 00000KT P6SM BKN040 FM100800 00000KT 1/2SM FZFG VV002 FM101600 00000KT 3SM BR SCT002 BKN200
KRNO 
20nm NE 
091955Z 0920/1018 04005KT P6SM VCSH SCT015 BKN025 OVC035 FM100000 VRB03KT P6SM BKN040 FM101100 VRB03KT P6SM SCT080 BKN200
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 Truckee Tahoe Airport
UNICOM 122.80
530-587-4119
530-587-4540
[web site]
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Courtesy transportation, Restrooms

More info about Truckee Tahoe Airport
Chevron
100LL Jet A
FS $4.21 $5.37 
SS $4.21 --- 
 Updated 15-Dec-2009
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FS=Full service
SS=Self service
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Getting Around: Taxi, Limo, Rental Cars, Mass Transit

 Business Name   Contact   Services / Description Comments
Truckee Tahoe Transportation, Inc. 530-582-5828
[web site]
[email]
Ground transportation

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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Truckee-Tahoe Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KTRK have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN TRUCKEE TAHOE INN 1.2 94-189
HAMPTON INN & SUITES TAHOE-TRUCKEE, CA 0.7 118-269
DONNER LAKE VILLAGE RESORT 7.9 140-190
 

Other hotels near Truckee-Tahoe Airport

Miles Price ($)
THE TRUCKEE HOTEL 2.5 285
THE RITZ-CARLTON HIGHLANDS, LAKE TAHOE 3.6 
HOILDAY INN EXPRESS TRUCKEE 4.8 122-205

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Truckee-Tahoe Airport

6 in Truckee
4 in Tahoe Vista
1 in Crystal Bay, NV
3 in Olympic Valley
1 in Squaw Valley
5 in Incline Village, NV
3 in Tahoe City
 

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