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O79 Sierraville Dearwater Airport
Sierraville, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 14 MAY 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
SWRr335/24.4PALISADES 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: 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: 39-34.723678N39-35.058300N
Longitude: 120-21.506083W120-21.009717W
Elevation: 4989.7 ft.4954.7 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Displaced threshold: no182 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono

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 03-Jun-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:0412:04
Sunrise05:3612:36
Sunset20:2303:23
Evening civil twilight20:5503:55

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Jun-2026 13:29:26
Local (UTC-7)  03-Jun-2026 06:29:26
 
METAR
KTRK 
19nm SE 		031315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 01/00 A3026 RMK AO2
KRTS 
23nm E 		031315Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 12/M03 A3018 RMK AO2
KBLU 
24nm SW 		031252Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/M11 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01441106 $
KRNO 
28nm E 		031255Z 00000KT 10SM BKN040 BKN200 14/00 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01390000 $
KGOO 
37nm SW 		031315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3006 RMK A01
KCXP 
37nm SE 		031315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/01 A3018 RMK AO2
TAF
KTRK 
19nm SE 		031120Z 0312/0412 VRB03KT P6SM SCT130 BKN200 FM031800 23011G20KT P6SM FEW200 FM032100 25017G27KT P6SM SKC FM040200 26010KT P6SM SKC FM040400 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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