Shelter Cove Airport
0Q5 · Shelter Cove, California · Humboldt County · map
Shelter Cove Airport is a public-use airport owned by Shelter Cove Resort Imp District, 1 mile west of Shelter Cove, California, 73 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,407 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 3,020 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Shelter Cove Airport?
Its FAA code is 0Q5.
Where is Shelter Cove Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Shelter Cove, California, 73 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Shelter Cove Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,407 feet long, asphalt.
Does Shelter Cove Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shelter Cove Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Shelter Cove Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0Q5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Shelter Cove Resort Imp District
- Elevation
- 73 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,407 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 106 ft, tree 10 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 30: threshold displaced 501 ft, tree 60 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Garberville Airport (12 nm east), Rohnerville Airport (32 nm north), Round Valley Airport (40 nm east), Ells Fld/Willits Municipal (47 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Approach ratio 22:1 to displaced thld, 37 feet tree 191 feet R 341 feet from eor..
- Student pilot solo flights prohibited.
- No practice low approaches or touch and go landings.
- Be alert for ULTRA-LIGHTS, hangliders and parachuters in the vicinity of airport.
- Golf carts operating on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Expect crosswinds, downdrafts and extdd periods of fog YEAR-ROUND.
- Terrain +40 feet drop off located 500 feet north runway 12 end.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,020, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| military | 20 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shelter Cove from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelter Cove, California: 1 piston single. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shelter Cove 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/0Q5.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.