Livermore Municipal
LVK · KLVK · Livermore, California · Alameda County · map
Livermore Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Livermore, 3 miles west of Livermore, California, 400 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07L/25R, is 5,253 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 408 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 184,722 takeoffs and landings a year. About 22 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLVK · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 14 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.57 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 10:28 am PDT (17:28 UTC), good until Mon 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Sun 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Sun 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLVK 112153Z 29014KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP012 T02110083
TAF KLVK 111728Z 1118/1218 28004KT P6SM SKC FM112200 26010KT P6SM SKC FM120600 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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.
2 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- E50P descending, 66 nm south, 3:03 pm PDT (22:03 UTC): remarks: low-level wind shear + 10 knots short final.
as filed, and in English
MRY UA /OV KMRY/TM 2203/FLDURD/TP E50P/RM LLWS +/- 10KTS SHORT FINAL
- Report
- a routine report filed through MRY
- Where
- over KMRY
- Time
- 22:03 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- E50P
- Remarks
- low-level wind shear + 10 knots short final
- UAL198 at 34,000 ft, 85 nm west, 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC): light turbulence, wind 281° at 35 knots.
as filed, and in English
ARP UAL198 3810N 12331W 2055 F340 281/035KT TB LGT TURB MOD IC
- Report
- a routine report filed through ARP
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SFO, 27 nm west), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 11 kt; 6,000 ft: light and variable, 5 °C; 9,000 ft: 280° at 7 kt, 1 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 15 kt, -3 °C; 18,000 ft: 290° at 23 kt, -14 °C.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/7231 Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 18 nm south · drones kept away from a public gathering · until 12 October
- 6/6741 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 25 nm west · air shows/sports · until 11 October
- 6/7455 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 27 nm west · security · 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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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4 departures from LVK in those twelve months, carrying 16 passengers in 29 seats (55% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livermore Municipal → Napa County LVK–APC | 1 | 2 | ADVANCED AIR, LLC |
| Livermore Municipal → Hollywood Burbank LVK–BUR | 1 | 5 | ADVANCED AIR, LLC |
| Livermore Municipal → Harry Reid International LVK–LAS | 1 | 4 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
| Livermore Municipal → John Wayne/Orange County LVK–SNA | 1 | 5 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LVK · ICAO KLVK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Livermore
- Elevation
- 400 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 11:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; 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
- December 1965
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 5,253 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 07R/25L | 2,699 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 24 × 22 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 07L: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 75 ft high 2,016 ft from the end
- Runway 25R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, building 24 ft high 638 ft from the end
- Runway 07R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | Livermore |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.65 | Livermore |
| Ground | 121.6 | Livermore |
| Approach · Departure Runway 07L/25R, 07R/25L; Runway 07L, 07R | 123.85 | Livermore |
| Departure Runway 25L, 25R | 125.35 | Livermore |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 925-606-5412.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 362 |
| multi-engine | 31 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 184,722, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,882 |
| general aviation, travelling | 57,240 |
| general aviation, local | 124,422 |
| military | 173 |
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 Livermore from the FAA register
182 aircraft are registered to owners in Livermore, California: 147 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 9 gliders, 4 turboprops, 4 helicopters. 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
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hayward Executive (14 nm west), Tracy Municipal (18 nm east), Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (19 nm west).
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 Livermore, by their names on the register:
- Five Rivers Flight Training LLC 5 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Livermore:
- Five Rivers Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate Five Rivers Aviation is a full-service FBO at Livermore Municipal Airport in California.
Repair stations in Livermore:
- Gdca, INC
- J&R Electronics INC
- Jon A. Rutkosky Precision Static Testing is a repair station in Livermore, California that performs transponder testing and recertification, pitot static testing and recertification, and testing of RVSM, TCAS II, Mode-S, ATCRBS, and air data systems for ai
- L. J. Walch CO. INC L.
- Metal Improvement Company LLC
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 27 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (14 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · epara@aol.com
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (18 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 (19 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · sawatzkybuilders@gmail.com
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Palo Alto, CA (20 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 - PAO · Palo Alto, CA (20 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · scott@attheready.com
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (20 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · terence.wilson@gmail.com
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (22 nm) · (140) 866-6696 · clayton.conrad@protonmail.com
- Jennifer Rayne Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroDynamic Aviation · San Jose, CA (22 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · dpejen@gmail.com
All 51 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- 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 · 57 since 1982, 6 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
- Be alert to considerable bird activity on and in vicinity of airport.
- Air traffic control cntl. When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 25R; taxiway lights - 118.1. High-intensity runway lights runway 07L/25R oper low intst; to increase intst activate 118.1. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 07R/25L oper low intst; not available when the control tower closed. PAPI runway 07L and 25R operates continuously.
- Helipad closed.
- Runway edge light on low and med intst level on downwind leg of traffic pattern dfclt to see.
- +6 feet fence 180 feet from runway end 400 feet left of extdd centerline.
- Do not mistake parallel taxiway north of runway 25R/7L as runway. Noise sensitive areas 3/4 mile east and 2 miles west of airport.
- Effective runway gradient runway 07L 0.52% up; runway 07R 0.59% up.
- Pls obs "voluntary restraint from night flying 2200L-0600L policy."
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Livermore 182 aircraft · 147 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 9 gliders
- Flying Particles INC 8 aircraft in town
- Five Rivers Flight Training LLC 5 aircraft in town
- American Aircraft Sales LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Red Sky Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Five Rivers Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Five Rivers Flight Training LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Gdca, INC · repair station
- J&R Electronics INC · repair station
- Jon A. Rutkosky · repair station
- L. J. Walch CO. INC · repair station
- Napa County (APC) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Hollywood Burbank (BUR) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- John Wayne/Orange County (SNA) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 57 since 1982 · 6 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/LVK.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.