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O79

Sierraville Dearwater Airport
Sierraville, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 11 JUNE 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	O79
Lat/Long:	39-34-53.4590N 120-21-15.4740W 39-34.890983N 120-21.257900W 39.5815164,-120.3542983 (estimated)
Elevation:	4989.7 ft. / 1521 m (estimated)
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
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	OAKLAND CENTER
FSS:	RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	RNO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Pattern altitude:	5789.7 ft. MSL
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	yes

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-2 at O02 (14 nm N):	119.35 (530-832-6942)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
SWRr335/24.4		PALISADES 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:

3093 x 50 ft. / 943 x 15 m

Surface:

asphalt/dirt, in poor condition
PAVEMENT IS CRUMBLING IN AREAS AND CRACKING.

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

12.0

RUNWAY 3

RUNWAY 21

Latitude:

39-34.723678N

39-35.058300N

Longitude:

120-21.506083W

120-21.009717W

Elevation:

4989.7 ft.

4954.7 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

right

Displaced threshold:

182 ft.

Markings:

basic, in good condition

Runway end identifier lights:

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	COUNTY OF SIERRA PO BOX 98 DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936 Phone (530) 289-3201
Manager:	BRIAN DAVEY PO BOX 98 DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936 Phone (530) 289-3201 SIERRA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, DOWNIEVILLE.

Additional Remarks

A96	ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.

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 Airport (37 nm SW)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 15-Jun-2026

	Local (UTC-7)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:02	12:02
Sunrise	05:34	12:34
Sunset	20:29	03:29
Evening civil twilight	21:02	04:02

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	15-Jun-2026 22:51:43
Local (UTC-7)	15-Jun-2026 15:51:43

METAR

KTRK 19nm SE	152147Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW075 29/M01 A3026
KRTS 23nm E	152235Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 9SM CLR 33/M06 A3018 RMK AO2
KBLU 24nm SW	152152Z AUTO 25007KT 230V290 10SM CLR 28/12 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02780122 $
KRNO 28nm E	152155Z 17006KT 10SM FEW090 34/M04 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP135 CB DSNT S T03441039
KGOO 37nm SW	152235Z AUTO VRB05G12KT 10SM CLR 32/13 A3006 RMK A01
KCXP 37nm SE	152235Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM CLR 34/M05 A3015 RMK AO2

TAF

KTRK
19nm SE

151720Z 1518/1618 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM152200 28008G16KT P6SM SCT100 FM160300 VRB04KT P6SM FEW150

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