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) and about 179 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 85,980 takeoffs and landings a year. About 102 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Gnoss Field?
Its FAA code is DVO, and its ICAO code is KDVO.
Where is Gnoss Field?
It is 3 miles north of Novato, California, 4 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Gnoss Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 3,303 feet long.
Does Gnoss Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Gnoss Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Gnoss Field?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Petaluma Pilot Training Center and Sonoma Skypark Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gnoss Field?
8 pilot examiners and 22 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Gnoss Field…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Petaluma Municipal (7 nm north), Napa County (14 nm east), Buchanan Field (25 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 160 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 85,980, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 23,500 |
| general aviation, local | 60,000 |
| military | 480 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Petaluma Pilot Training Center 1 aircraft · Petaluma, 8 miles away Petaluma Pilots is a flight school located at Petaluma Municipal Airport in California.
- Sonoma Skypark Flying Club 1 aircraft · Sonoma, 10 miles away Sonoma Skypark is a publicly-accessible, privately-owned airport in Sonoma, California, operated by a flying club of over fifty community members.
- Air Share Aviators Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fairfax, 11 miles away
- Gnoss Field Flying Club 1 aircraft · Fairfax, 11 miles away
- Western Territory Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Fairfax, 11 miles away
Repair stations in Novato:
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 22 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (27 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · [email protected]
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (28 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · [email protected]
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (36 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · [email protected]
- Michael Healey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · WP 27 Oakland FSDO · Foster City, CA (38 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · [email protected]
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · San Carlos, CA (41 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · [email protected]
- R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Valley Flying Club - SQL · San Carlos, CA (41 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · [email protected]
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (42 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · [email protected]
- Jonathan Baror private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Davis Flight Support · Davis, CA (43 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · [email protected]
All 40 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Novato 53 aircraft · 47 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones
- Thompson Builders CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Merrimak Capital Company LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Petaluma Pilot Training Center 1 aircraft · flight school
- Sonoma Skypark Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Air Share Aviators Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Direct Avionics · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 2 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DVO.json.
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 27, 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.