Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field
MOD · KMOD · Modesto, California · Stanislaus County · map
Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Modesto, 2 miles southeast of Modesto, California, 99 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10L/28R, is 5,904 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KMOD · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMOD 061853Z 29005KT 10SM CLR 32/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 T03170117
TAF KMOD 061720Z 0618/0718 32006KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB04KT 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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MOD · ICAO KMOD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Modesto
- Elevation
- 99 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 5,904 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10R/28L | 3,464 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 73 ft high 2,700 ft from the end
- Runway 28R: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, road 14 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 10R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 56 ft high 1,340 ft from the end
- Runway 28L: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 47 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.3 | Modesto |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Mod and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.7 | Modesto |
| Ground | 121.7 | Modesto |
| Approach · Departure 060-205 mod | 120.95 | Modesto |
| Departure West | 123.85 | Modesto |
| Departure North | 125.1 | Modesto |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 209-572-0914.
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Aircraft registered in Modesto from the FAA register
135 aircraft are registered to owners in Modesto, California: 105 piston singles, 9 business jets, 8 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 27 since 1982, 4 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
- In the interest of noise abatement: tubo jets discontinue operations 12:00 am to 5:00 am local and park on northeast ramp.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28R; runway end identifier lights runway 10L; PAPI runway 10L; high-intensity runway lights runway 10L/28R - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 10R and 28L and medium-intensity runway lights runway 10R/28L unavailable when the control tower closed.
- Fee for aircraft over 9501 pounds, overnight tiedown fee.
- <runway 10R-28L closed to aircraft over 12500 pounds gross weight
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess left of runway centerline.
- All pure jet and large aircraft lmtd to parking and service at northeast ramp only.
- Noise abatement procedures: pilots are requested to use lighted runway only.
- Runway 10R/28L not certificated for FAR-139.
- Ponding along north edge of taxiway B during and after wet weather.
- Birds and small mammals on and in vicinity of AP.
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.