Eagles Nest/David Wardall Field
CA20 · Ione, California · Amador County · map
Eagles Nest/David Wardall Field is a private airport owned by Eagle'S Nest Owners Association, 6 miles northwest of Ione, California, 220 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,000 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 CA20
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Eagle'S Nest Owners Association
- Elevation
- 220 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1988
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.7 | · Unmonitored |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Rancho Murieta Airport (5 nm northwest), Westover Field Amador County (11 nm east), Sacramento Mather Airport (15 nm northwest), Lodi Airport (18 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rancho Murieta Airport (5 nm northwest), Westover Field Amador County (11 nm east), Sacramento Mather Airport (15 nm northwest), Cameron Park Airport (15 nm north).
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
- Provided private use only, and under VFR conditions.
- Medium-intensity runway lights on 4000 feet runway pvt frequency: 121.875 for air traffic control use only for emergencies.
- Unmonitored
- 1200 feet full paved structural overrun north end of runway. 2,200 feet. Hard compacted dirt overrun south end of runway.
- North overrun, paved 50 feet wide an X 1300 feet long.
- South ovrn/stop way 75 feet wide an X 2,200 feet long, hard graded and cmpctd dirt.
- Trees east side of runway - obstruction lighted on 30 feet poles.
- Lighted pole and barn 250 feet south of runway, 200 feet west of runway edge.
- Lighted 30 feet oak trees south end and alg runway 250 feet on east side.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ione from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Ione, California: 26 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 business jets, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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 · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- Aircraft registered in Ione 38 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 business jets
- Sanders Smoke Technologies INC 2 aircraft in town
- Sanders Aircraft INC 2 aircraft in town
- Pay It Forward Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Martin Livestock LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,096 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 28,134 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA20.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 November 10, 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.