Alta Sierra Airport
09CL · Grass Valley, California · Nevada County · map
Alta Sierra Airport is a private airport owned by Alta Sierra Airport Owners Assn, 6 miles south of Grass Valley, California, 2,280 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,834 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 09CL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Alta Sierra Airport Owners Assn
- Elevation
- 2,280 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,834 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 01: trees 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees 20 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Grass Valley from the FAA register
107 aircraft are registered to owners in Grass Valley, California: 92 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 4 drones, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Private use, VFR only.
- Aircraft tiedown in prim surface east of runway 01/19 60 feet from centerline.
- Part 77 viol: trees and terrain east and west of runway penetrate 7:1 slope.
- Wind permitting land on runway 01; takeoff on on runway 19 due to excessive gradient.
- Hangars 125 feet west of runway centerline.
- Landing runway 19 prohibited.
- The neighborhood surrounding the airport is noise sensitive. Arriving aircraft should fly only the recommended LEFT-HAND traffic pattern for runway 1. Enter the pattern from either an upwind leg or directly from overhead. Avoid low passes.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.