Murray Field
EKA · KEKA · Eureka, California · Humboldt County · map
Murray Field is a public-use airport owned by Humboldt County, 3 miles east of Eureka, California, 11 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,011 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EKA · ICAO KEKA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Humboldt County
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,011 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 30: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Arcata and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 |
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Aircraft registered in Eureka from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Eureka, California: 25 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Predates 1958 FA act.
- Activate VASI runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unusable beyond 6.5 NM due to trrn.
- Be alert for birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Be aware; the common traffic frequency frequency shared with nearby airport.
- Deer in vicinity of runway.
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.