Truckee-Tahoe Airport
TRK · KTRK · Truckee, California · Placer County · map
Truckee-Tahoe Airport is a public-use airport owned by Truckee-Tahoe Airport Dist, 2 miles east of Truckee, California, 5,904 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 7,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 114 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 35,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,409 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KTRK · observed 9:47 am PDT (16:47 UTC), 32 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,800 feet, a broken layer at 4,400 feet, overcast at 7,500 feet
- Temperature 46°F (8°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.60 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 4:32 am PDT (11:32 UTC), good until Mon 5:00 am PDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 5:00 am PDT (12:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTRK 111647Z 00000KT 10SM SCT038 BKN044 OVC075 08/M01 A2960
TAF KTRK 111132Z 1112/1212 VRB04KT P6SM SCT050 FM111600 23015G23KT P6SM VCSH BKN040 FM120300 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH SCT040
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.
5 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- E75L at 0 ft, 21 nm northeast, 9:35 am PDT (16:35 UTC): no turbulence.
- B38M at 0 ft, 23 nm northeast, 9:50 am PDT (16:50 UTC): no turbulence, no icing, light rain.
- COL4 at 9,000 ft, 24 nm west, 9:27 am PDT (16:27 UTC): no icing.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SAC, 80 nm southwest), 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.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
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 TRK · ICAO KTRK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Truckee-Tahoe Airport Dist
- Elevation
- 5,904 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,100 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · mar 15-apr 30 7:00 am to 7:30 pm; may 1-aug 31 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; sep 1-30 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; oct 1-mar 14 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
- Attended
- November to February, every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; March to October, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1962
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 4,654 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 20: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 115 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.575 | Truckee |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 118.0 | Truckee |
| Ground | 118.3 | Truckee |
| Squaw Valley Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 | Truckee |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 98 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 5 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 35,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,976 |
| general aviation, local | 21,000 |
| military | 24 |
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 Truckee from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Truckee, California: 64 piston singles, 9 gliders, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Carson City Airport (20 nm east), Reno/Tahoe International (20 nm northeast), Reno/Stead Airport (24 nm northeast).
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 Truckee, by their names on the register:
- Truckee Tahoe Soaring Association 2 aircraft Truckee Tahoe Soaring Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating Soar Truckee, a gliderport at Truckee Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California.
- Tahoe Flying Club INC 1 aircraft Tahoe Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Truckee-Tahoe Airport in California.
Repair stations in Truckee:
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, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (0 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · mountainflyer@yahoo.com
- Anthony Lee Tisdale private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Reno-Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (775) 217-6281 · judgef15c@gmail.com
- Daniel Alan Britson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (775) 771-3855 · dannybritson@gmail.com
- Howard William Wolvington private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Biggest Little Flight School · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · howard@flywithhoward.com
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · marklibelle@aol.com
- Randy Ostman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Reno–Tahoe International Airport · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (435) 671-5949 · rostman89@hotmail.com
- Robert Michael Larkin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · RENO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (775) 303-3255 · bob@romeosierra.com
- Zachry Glass private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Reno, NV (20 nm) · (775) 772-4721 · zglass3217@aol.com
All 22 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.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 81 since 1982, 14 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
- When the control tower closed.
- Runway 20 and runway 11 DIST-TO-GO mkrs instld on left side.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 11; medium-intensity runway lights runway 2/20 and 11/29; VASI runway 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Atndnc hours drg pst.
- Atndnc hours drg dst.
- Mobile fuel available 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; SELF-SERVE available 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
- Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) is the only jet fuel sold at ktrk
- Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) is the only jet fuel sold at ktrk
- Gliders use left traffic runway 20.
- Unusable beyond 2 degreess left of centerline.
- Summer density altitudes in aftns frqly exceed 9000 feet.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Truckee 78 aircraft · 64 piston singles, 9 gliders, 2 turboprops
- Truckee Tahoe Soaring Assoc 3 aircraft in town
- Mountain Lion Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Truckee Tahoe Soaring Association 2 aircraft in town
- Great Basin Advisors LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Truckee Tahoe Soaring Association 2 aircraft · flying club
- Tahoe Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Sierra Aero LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 81 since 1982 · 14 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/TRK.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.