Flying M Airport
CA03 · Planada, California · Merced County · map
Flying M Airport is a private airport owned by Myers Irrev. Flying M Ranch Trust, 4 miles northeast of Planada, California, 280 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CA03
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Myers Irrev. Flying M Ranch Trust
- Elevation
- 280 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,000 × 30 ft | Asphalt |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Merced Yosemite Regional (11 nm west), Castle Airport (13 nm west), Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (16 nm northeast), Madera Municipal (23 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Merced Yosemite Regional (11 nm west), Castle Airport (13 nm west), Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (16 nm northeast), Turlock Municipal (21 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
- Power lines
- Runway 02/20 barbed wire fence at both runway ends.
- Aiming point mkrs are 700 feet from runway ends.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Planada from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Planada, CA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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 8 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/CA03.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.