Williams
CN12 · Williams, California · Colusa County · map
Williams is a private gliderport owned by Vacaville Aero Svcs INC, 1 mile northeast of Williams, California, 68 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,500 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CN12
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Vacaville Aero Svcs INC
- Elevation
- 68 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,500 × 40 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Yuba County (26 nm east), Oroville Municipal (31 nm northeast), Yolo County (37 nm south), Sacramento International (38 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sidney Pickels Field (7 nm east), Willows/Glenn County (22 nm north), Sutter County (25 nm east), Yuba County (26 nm east).
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
- Established prior to 15 may 1959.
- Runway/apron - poor; unpaved portion - poor/soft when wet.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Williams from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Williams, California: 11 gliders, 10 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Williams, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sky North Aviation & Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Arbuckle, 11 miles away SkyNorth Aviation is a flight school located in Davis, California, offering pilot training programs including private pilot, instrument, commercial, and multi-engine airplane training.
Repair stations in Williams:
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 6 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 gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Williams 26 aircraft · 11 gliders, 10 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Vacaville Aero Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- Vacaville Aero Services INC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sky North Aviation & Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Vacaville Aero Services INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,097 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 27,897 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CN12.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 6, 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.