Gnoss Field
DVO · KDVO · Novato, California · Marin County · map
Gnoss Field is a public-use airport owned by Marin County, 3 miles north of Novato, California, 4 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 3,303 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDVO · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 KDVO 062155Z AUTO 06003KT 9SM CLR 38/14 A2983 RMK AO2
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 DVO · ICAO KDVO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Marin County
- Elevation
- 4 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,303 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the right, tree 82 ft high 3,000 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, hill 180 ft high 4,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Dvo and aWOS-3P | 120.675 | |
| Mount Tamalpais Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 415-897-2236.
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 Novato from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Novato, California: 47 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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 · 15 since 1982, 2 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
- Ditches surround runway.
- Runway 13 has paved 125 feet overrun. Runway 31 has 100 feet overrun.
- Approach 050/230 mag
- Mountains west, hills south.
- Noise sensitive area southeast of airport. Avoid straight - out departures on runway 13 and straight - in landings on runway 31.
- Runway 13 calm wind runway.
- Jet and turbine aircraft land runway 13 departure runway 31 as wind and traffic permit.
- Helicopters approach from east and departure to east, remain north of radio towers.
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.