Alturas Municipal
AAT · KAAT · Alturas, California · Modoc County · map
Alturas Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Alturas, 1 mile west of Alturas, California, 4,378 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,228 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 9 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,750 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KAAT · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 29°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAAT 062155Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 30/M02 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03001017
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AAT · ICAO KAAT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Alturas
- Elevation
- 4,378 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,228 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 2,506 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, road 16 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 31: rr 15 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 03: VASI, two boxes on the left, rr 23 ft high 275 ft from the end
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 20 ft high 380 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Aat and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.175 | |
| Klamath Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.6 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-708-6221.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Alturas from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Alturas, California: 7 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 · 9 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 15 may 1959.
- No takeoff runway 03 to northeast except durg adverse wind condition. 150 feet minimum altitude over houses.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 31; VASI runway 03; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; low-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Operd by city of Alturas.
- Runway 03 approach ratio 22:1 from displaced thld.
- Runway 13 approach ratio 28:1 from displaced threshold.
- RW 21 approach ratio 35:1 from displaced thld.
- Wildlife refuges to the southwest; south and southeast present potential bird hazards to aircraft from oct through apr.
- Fire fightting aircraft seasonal MAY-OCT.
- Arrivals runway 21 discouraged due to school on approach.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.