California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County
ACV · KACV · Arcata/Eureka, California · Humboldt County · map
California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County is a public-use airport owned by Humboldt County, 7 miles north of Arcata/Eureka, California, 222 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 6,046 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 27 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 48,943 takeoffs and landings a year. About 130,420 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KACV · observed 3:53 pm PDT (22:53 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 300 feet
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:07 pm PDT (23:07 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm PDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 300 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC) and 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): visibility ½ mile, fog, a broken layer at 200 feet LIFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility ½ mile, fog, overcast at 200 feet LIFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm PDT (04:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility ¼ mile, fog, sky obscured at 200 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KACV 062253Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM SCT003 14/11 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01390111
TAF KACV 062307Z 0623/0718 28005KT 6SM BR SCT003 TEMPO 0700/0702 1/2SM FG BKN002 FM070200 VRB04KT 1/2SM FG OVC002 FM070400 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002
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 ACV · ICAO KACV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Humboldt County
- Elevation
- 222 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 4:00 am to 11:59 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,046 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 4,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 245 ft, 5,601 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 200 ft, 5,846 ft available for landing, tree 91 ft high 2,625 ft from the end
- Runway 01: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 142 ft high 3,450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Acv and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | |
| Arcata and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 707-839-7429.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,943, 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 Arcata/Eureka from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Arcata/Eureka, CA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 6 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
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 280 feet in length by 170 feet in width starting 70 feet beyond der 32.
- Fuel available 4:00 am to 12:00 am local, and after hours with advanced notice.
- Runway 01/19 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
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.