Truckee Tahoe Airport

Truckee Tahoe Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Truckee Tahoe Airport District
Serves Truckee, California
Elevation AMSL 5,901 ft / 1,799 m
Coordinates 39°19′12″N 120°08′22″W / 39.32000°N 120.13944°W / 39.32000; -120.13944Coordinates: 39°19′12″N 120°08′22″W / 39.32000°N 120.13944°W / 39.32000; -120.13944
Website www.TruckeeTahoeAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
2/20 4,650 1,417 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations 35,000
Based aircraft 91
Sources: Airport website[1] and FAA[2]
A Beechcraft Baron landing on runway 19, 2012 (now runway 20).

Truckee Tahoe Airport[1] (IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA LID: TRK) is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States.[2] The airport is in both Nevada County and Placer County. It is owned by Truckee Tahoe Airport District,[1] a bi-county special district. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 it is a general aviation airport.[3]

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Truckee Tahoe Airport is assigned TRK by FAA and TKF by IATA.[4] IATA lists TRK as Juwata Airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Truckee-Tahoe Airport covers 989 acres (400 ha) at an elevation of 5,900 ft (1,800 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 7,000 by 100 ft (2,134 by 30 m) and 2/20 4,650 by 75 ft (1,417 by 23 m).[2]

A seasonal control tower opened June 1, 2017 and operated through September 15. The tower is scheduled to operate December 15, 2017 - through February 28th, 2018. The Tower frequency 120.575 is the CTAF when the tower is closed. Ground is 118.3. AWOS is at 118.0, Unicom is 122.80.

In 2016 the District reported 32,524 aircraft operations.

In the year ending December 31, 2004 the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and less than 1% military. 91 aircraft were then based at this airport: 80.2% single-engine, 13.2% multi-engine, 2.2% jet, 3.3% glider and 1.1% ultralight.[2]

Runway elevation is 5,900 ft (1,800 m), pattern altitude is 7,000 ft (2,100 m). Both runways are lighted. Density altitude can exceed 9,000 ft (2,700 m) in summer months. Downdrafts can occur on final to RWY 20. Glider pilots use left traffic RWY 20. Powered aircraft use right traffic RWY 20.

100LL and Jet A are available 7am - 7pm, and self serve 100LL is available 7am - 9pm. There are 210 paved tie-downs for transient parking, no landing fees and low overnight tie-down fees.

The airport is attended seven days a week, 7am - 9pm. Snow removal equipment is operated round-the-clock as needed. Pre-heating services and aircraft maintenance are offered by local FBOs. No de-icing services are available.

The airport had a 500-gallon underground heating oil tank removed in 1986. Small amounts of oil that had leaked were monitored and removed; six remaining above-ground tanks were functioning satisfactorily and are regularly tested.[6]

Instrument departures

IFR clearances can be requested from the Tower when in operation and when the tower is closed from Oakland Center on frequency 127.95 which can be reached from most places on the field.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Truckee Tahoe Airport, official site
  2. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for TRK (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  3. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Truckee, California - Truckee-Tahoe Airport (IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA: TRK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Tarakan, Borneo, Indonesia - Juwata Airport (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WALR)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Truckee, California, Earth Metrics Inc., 1989
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