Ward Field
0O9 · Gasquet, California · Del Norte County · map
Ward Field is a public-use airport owned by Del Norte County, 1 mile west of Gasquet, California, 356 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 2,990 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0O9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Del Norte County
- Elevation
- 356 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,990 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 500 ft, trees 45 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 24: threshold displaced 490 ft, trees 50 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Gasquet from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Gasquet, California: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- +5' brush and 30-100' trees right and left in prim surface.
- 3 feet fence at 60 feet; 20 feet trees at 150 feet, 85 feet left.
- +4' fence 0-200' left and right.
- Runway 06 approach slope 14:1 due to 35 feet tree 500 feet from the displaced thld.
- Runway 24 approach slope 9:1 due to 100 feet tree 950 feet from displaced thld.
- Airport in canyon; high mountains and trees surround airport mountain flying experience strongly recommended.
- No night operation authorized.
- AP surface conditions not rprtd.
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.