Nevada County
GOO · KGOO · Grass Valley, California · Nevada County · map
Nevada County is a public-use airport owned by Nevada County, 3 miles east of Grass Valley, California, 3,158 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,657 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGOO · observed 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 6 knots, gusting to 11
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KGOO 062055Z AUTO 29006G11KT 10SM CLR 32/03 A3004 RMK A01
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 GOO · ICAO KGOO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Nevada County
- Elevation
- 3,158 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; 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
- March 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,657 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 20 ft high 612 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 304 ft, pole 100 ft high 2,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Goo and aWOS-3 | 121.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-273-0029.
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 Grass Valley from the FAA register
107 aircraft are registered to owners in Grass Valley, California: 92 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 4 drones, 3 helicopters, 2 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 · 18 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate VASI runway 07; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 07/25 slopes 1.9 pct downhill to the west. Runway 07 takeoffs not recommended due to rising trrn.
- Helicopters make STRAIGHT-IN approaches and departures.
- Be alert MAY-OCT for calfire air tanker operations flying ovhd pattern for runway 07 (see aim 5-4-27 for mnvr and phraseology). Expc tankers to departure runway 25 and land runway 07 regardless of wind condition.
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.