Buchanan Field
CCR · KCCR · Concord, California · Contra Costa County · map
Buchanan Field is a public-use airport owned by Contra Costa County, 1 mile west of Concord, California, 26 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 01L/19R, is 5,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 362 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 99,885 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,784 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCCR · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 96°F (36°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KCCR 062153Z 34005KT 10SM CLR 36/11 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP090 T03560106
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 CCR · ICAO KCCR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Contra Costa County
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 5,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14L/32R | 4,602 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14R/32L | 2,798 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 01R/19L | 2,770 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 01L: PAPI, four lights on the left, 4,401 ft available for landing, tree 58 ft high 1,480 ft from the end
- Runway 19R: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 601 ft, 4,401 ft available for landing, pole 44 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 14L: threshold displaced 301 ft, 3,701 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 32R: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 350 ft, 4,131 ft available for landing, tree 32 ft high 1,335 ft from the end
- Runway 14R: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 580 ft from the end
- Runway 32L: other 46 ft high 1,260 ft from the end
- Runway 01R: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 50 ft high 1,675 ft from the end
- Runway 19L: tree 69 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.7 | Concord |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.7 | Concord |
| Clearance delivery | 118.025 | Concord |
| Ground | 121.9 | Concord |
| Tower | 123.9 | Concord |
| Approach and departure · Bmber and star South | 119.9 | Concord |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Concord |
| Bmber and star | 124.8 | Concord |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 925-689-2077.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 99,885, 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 Concord from the FAA register
103 aircraft are registered to owners in Concord, California: 48 piston singles, 37 drones, 6 business jets, 5 piston twins, 4 turboprops. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 51 since 1982, 7 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
- Activate mals runway 19R 10:00 pm to 6:00 am; PAPI runway 01L, 19R, and 32R - 119.7. Runway end identifier lights runway 01L off when the control tower closed.
- Runway 01R/19L 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.
- Runway 14R/32L 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.
- Runway 01L close in obstruction +8 feet fence 110 feet from runway end, 100 feet RT
- Standard left traffic when the control tower closed.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 4.0 NM from threshold.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 4.0 NM from threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Light
- Runway 01R/19L pavement has high severity block cracking, longl and transverse cracking, patching, and weathering.
- Noise sensitive area practice noise abatement (fly quiet) procedures.
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.