Sacramento Executive
SAC · KSAC · Sacramento, California · Sacramento County · map
Sacramento Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sacramento, 3 miles south of Sacramento, California, 23 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,503 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 172 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 110,094 takeoffs and landings a year. About 30 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSAC · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.56 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 10:25 am PDT (17:25 UTC), good until Mon 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSAC 111853Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A2956 RMK AO2 SLP008 T01890017
TAF KSAC 111725Z 1118/1218 VRB05KT 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.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SAC), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 13 kt; 6,000 ft: 310° at 6 kt, 6 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 8 kt, 1 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 18 kt, -3 °C; 18,000 ft: 250° at 27 kt, -14 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/6740 SACRAMENTO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 3 nm east · air shows/sports · until 11 October
- 6/3475 BEALE AFB, CA, Sunday, March 8, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026 Local 27 nm north · security · until 1 November
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 SAC · ICAO KSAC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sacramento
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,837 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 02: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 33 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Exec |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.075 | Exec |
| Ground | 125.0 | Exec |
| Approach and departure | 125.25 | Exec |
| Approach and departure NORTH-EAST | 127.4 | Exec |
| Sac and vot | 111.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 916-421-0923.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 149 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 4 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 110,094, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,336 |
| general aviation, travelling | 52,875 |
| general aviation, local | 55,693 |
| military | 190 |
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 Sacramento from the FAA register
329 aircraft are registered to owners in Sacramento, California: 244 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 21 turboprops, 19 helicopters, 14 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.
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
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sacramento Mather Airport (10 nm east), MC Clellan Airfield (10 nm northeast), Sacramento International (12 nm northwest).
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
Fuel and service companies in Sacramento, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Sacramento, by their names on the register:
- Executive Flyers INC 5 aircraft Executive Flyers is a flight school based at Sacramento Executive Airport in Sacramento, California.
- River City Flying Club INC 2 aircraft
- Ace Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Sacramento:
- Eldorado Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Sacramento:
- Air, Incorporated
- Executive Avionics, LLC. Executive Autopilots is an FAA-certified repair station in Sacramento, California that specializes in avionics and autopilot repair, installation, and upgrades for aircraft.
- Flight Program Maintenance Services Sacramento
- Jetexe Aviation Corporation JetExe Air Repair is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station in Sacramento, California that provides aircraft maintenance, overhaul, and repairs for piston, turboprop, and jet aircraft.
- Jett Pro Line Maintenance INC Jett Pro Line Maintenance is a Part 145 repair station providing line maintenance and ground support equipment services to airlines at 19 service stations at major international airports across the continental United States.
- Textron Aviation 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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor; 6 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 17 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- 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 · EVA Flight Training Center · Mather, CA (10 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · jonathanb@r-or.com
- Robert Frankovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Sacramento, CA (12 nm) · (314) 719-9822 · stldpe@hotmail.com
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (33 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · sawatzkybuilders@gmail.com
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Airport Administration Bldg · Auburn, CA (33 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · marklibelle@aol.com
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (45 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · mark.m.pollard@gmail.com
- Robert Alan Davids private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Calaveras County Airport · San Andreas, CA (45 nm) · (209) 612-7432 · n3397c@aol.com
All 39 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.
- 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 · 27 since 1982, 3 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
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate apt beacon - the common traffic frequency
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate all airfield lights - the common traffic frequency.
- <pattern altitude 1000' except 1500' for turbine and large aircraft.
- Operated by county of Sacramento
- Golf course lights shine across runway 02 final approach 800 feet runway CL dusk to 2200.
- No MID-FIELD, intersection or formation takeoffs.
- Runway 20 calm wind runway.
- Birds in the vicinity of of aprt.
- Ditch and concrete bridge in runway 02/20 safety area located 500 feet prior to runway 02 thld on CL.
- Dstc between taxiway a and taxiway B centerline is 75 feet.
- Runway 12 blast pad markings not standard.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sacramento 329 aircraft · 244 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 21 turboprops
- Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC 28 aircraft in town
- California Highway Patrol 23 aircraft in town
- Carter Flygare INC 12 aircraft in town
- Farm Air Flying Service LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Ar Aero Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sacramento International Jet Center INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Eldorado Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Executive Flyers INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- River City Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Ace Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Air, Incorporated · repair station
- Executive Avionics, LLC. · repair station
- Flight Program Maintenance Services Sacramento · repair station
- Jetexe Aviation Corporation · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 27 since 1982 · 3 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/SAC.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.