Happy Camp Airport
36S · Happy Camp, California · Siskiyou County · map
Happy Camp Airport is a public-use airport owned by the U.S. Forest Service in Happy Camp, California, 1,209 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Happy Camp Airport?
Its FAA code is 36S.
Where is Happy Camp Airport?
It is in Happy Camp, California, 1,209 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Happy Camp Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Happy Camp Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Happy Camp Airport?
3 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 Happy Camp Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 36S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- U.S. Forest Service
- Elevation
- 1,209 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
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 04: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 25 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 22: brush 10 ft high 200 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 jet fuel: Jack MC Namara Field (38 nm west), Ashland Muni/Sumner Parker Field (40 nm northeast), Siskiyou County (41 nm east), Rogue Valley Intl/Medford Airport (42 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Scott Valley Airport (28 nm southeast), Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (38 nm east), Jack MC Namara Field (38 nm west), Ashland Muni/Sumner Parker Field (40 nm northeast).
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
- Public use; VFR condition.
- Runway 22 has +35' trees 600' from thld 125' either side of centerline.
- U.S. forest service mans heliport may through sep.
- Operd/maintd by Siskiyou county.
- Runway 04 has 3 feet fence O feet from runway end and 80 feet L.
- Runway 22 has 8 feet shrub 0 feet from runway end and 115 feet right.
- Runway 04 approach slope 12:1 due to 25 feet tree 500 feet from thld.
- Runway 22 approach slope 0:0 due to 10 feet shrubs 200 feet from thld.
- Runway 04 tree and shrub covered rising terrain.
- Runway 22 tree and shrub covered rising terrain.
- (E94) U.S. forest service.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Happy Camp from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Happy Camp, California: 2 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, 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: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 4 since 1982, 2 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Happy Camp 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/36S.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 28, 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.