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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 19,750 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Alturas Municipal?
Its FAA code is AAT, and its ICAO code is KAAT.
Where is Alturas Municipal?
It is 1 mile west of Alturas, California, 4,378 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Alturas Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 4,228 feet long.
Does Alturas Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Alturas Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lake County (41 nm north), Tulelake Municipal (43 nm northwest).
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
- 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.
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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 8 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
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 19,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 750 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,000 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alturas 7 aircraft · 7 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 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/AAT.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.