Alpine County
M45 · Markleeville, California · Alpine County · map
Alpine County is a public-use airport owned by Alpine County, 3 miles north of Markleeville, California, 5,872 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,443 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA M45
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Alpine County
- Elevation
- 5,872 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,443 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 17: hill 150 ft high 3,200 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Markleeville from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Markleeville, California: 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 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
- Large stones along edge of runway off graded surface.
- Director of community development
- An X 425
- Loose gravel on runway.
- No snow removal, airport closed when snow on runway.
- Trees penetrating transitional surfaces east and west of runway.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.