Buchanan Field
CCR · KCCR · Concord, California · Contra Costa County · map
Buchanan Field is a public-use airport owned by Contra Costa County, 1 mile west of Concord, California, 26 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 01L/19R, is 5,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 362 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 99,885 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,784 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCCR · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.57 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 KCCR 111853Z 19010KT 10SM CLR 20/08 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP999 T02000083
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- C525 at 3,200 ft, 85 nm south, 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): a broken layer from 2,000 ft to 3,200 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SFO, 27 nm southwest), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: light and variable; 6,000 ft: 020° at 8 kt, 5 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 7 kt, 3 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 12 kt, -2 °C; 18,000 ft: 270° at 25 kt, -13 °C.
4 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/6741 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 15 nm southwest · air shows/sports · until 11 October
- 6/7455 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 17 nm southwest · security · until 11 October
- 6/7231 Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 34 nm south · drones kept away from a public gathering · until 12 October
- 6/6740 SACRAMENTO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 42 nm northeast · air shows/sports · until 11 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA CCR · ICAO KCCR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Contra Costa County
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 5,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14L/32R | 4,602 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14R/32L | 2,798 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| 01R/19L | 2,770 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 01L: PAPI, four lights on the left, 4,401 ft available for landing, tree 58 ft high 1,480 ft from the end
- Runway 19R: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 601 ft, 4,401 ft available for landing, pole 44 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 14L: threshold displaced 301 ft, 3,701 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 32R: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 350 ft, 4,131 ft available for landing, tree 32 ft high 1,335 ft from the end
- Runway 14R: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 580 ft from the end
- Runway 32L: other 46 ft high 1,260 ft from the end
- Runway 01R: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 50 ft high 1,675 ft from the end
- Runway 19L: tree 69 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.7 | Concord |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.7 | Concord |
| Clearance delivery | 118.025 | Concord |
| Ground | 121.9 | Concord |
| Tower | 123.9 | Concord |
| Approach and departure · Bmber and star South | 119.9 | Concord |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Concord |
| Bmber and star | 124.8 | Concord |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 925-689-2077.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 295 |
| multi-engine | 31 |
| jets | 24 |
| helicopters | 12 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 99,885, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 6 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,192 |
| general aviation, travelling | 40,433 |
| general aviation, local | 53,963 |
| military | 291 |
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.
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 Concord from the FAA register
103 aircraft are registered to owners in Concord, California: 48 piston singles, 37 drones, 6 business jets, 5 piston twins, 4 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Napa County (17 nm northwest), Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (18 nm southwest), Hayward Executive (20 nm south).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Concord, by their names on the register:
- Trexair Aviation Academy LLC 2 aircraft TrexAir Aviation Academy is a flight school based in Concord, California, offering pilot training from Private Pilot to ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) certification.
- 184 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft 184 Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Buchanan Field (KCCR) in Concord, California.
Repair stations in Concord:
- Airoptions Aviation INC
- Friedman Aviation Enterprises
- Pacific States Aviation INC
- Sterling Avionics INC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 10 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 30 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (4 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · mark.m.pollard@gmail.com
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (17 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · sawatzkybuilders@gmail.com
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (18 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · terence.wilson@gmail.com
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (20 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · epara@aol.com
- 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 (28 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · mikehealeydpe@gmail.com
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · San Carlos, CA (30 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · jimhiggins3@gmail.com
- 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 (30 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · scott@attheready.com
- 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 (35 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · jonathanb@r-or.com
All 55 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 51 since 1982, 7 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate mals runway 19R 10:00 pm to 6:00 am; PAPI runway 01L, 19R, and 32R - 119.7. Runway end identifier lights runway 01L off when the control tower closed.
- Runway 01R/19L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 14R/32L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 01L close in obstruction +8 feet fence 110 feet from runway end, 100 feet RT
- Standard left traffic when the control tower closed.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 4.0 NM from threshold.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 4.0 NM from threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Light
- Runway 01R/19L pavement has high severity block cracking, longl and transverse cracking, patching, and weathering.
- Noise sensitive area practice noise abatement (fly quiet) procedures.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Concord 103 aircraft · 48 piston singles, 37 drones, 6 business jets
- Volans-I INC 22 aircraft in town
- Volans I INC 8 aircraft in town
- Premiere Aviation INC 6 aircraft in town
- Volans 1 INC 3 aircraft in town
- Trexair Aviation Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- 184 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Airoptions Aviation INC · repair station
- Friedman Aviation Enterprises · repair station
- Pacific States Aviation INC · repair station
- Sterling Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 51 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 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 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CCR.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 9, 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.