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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 142 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 49,249 takeoffs and landings a year. About 20 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
Its FAA code is MOD, and its ICAO code is KMOD.
Where is Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
It is 2 miles southeast of Modesto, California, 99 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 10L/28R, is 5,904 feet long.
Does Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
Airline flights go to 5 airports, the busiest of them John Wayne/Orange County, Van Nuys, Cabo San Lucas, Fresno Yosemite International, Las Vegas. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field?
8 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Stockton Metro Airport (21 nm northwest), Tracy Municipal (23 nm west), Castle Airport (24 nm southeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 7 departures from MOD in those twelve months, carrying 32 passengers in 58 seats (55% filled), to 5 destinations (1 abroad) on 2 airlines.
All 5 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 111 |
| multi-engine | 16 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 6 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 49,249, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 12,738 |
| general aviation, travelling | 23,847 |
| general aviation, local | 12,491 |
| 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Modesto from the FAA register
134 aircraft are registered to owners in Modesto, California: 105 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 8 business jets, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Modesto:
- XPro Jet Charters, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Modesto:
- Mather Aviation Modesto LLC Mather Aviation is an FAA Part 145 repair station providing maintenance, repairs, and upgrades for jet and turboprop aircraft.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 13 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Scott Richard Siemiller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winton, CA (22 nm) · (209) 201-2866 · [email protected]
- 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 (34 nm) · (209) 612-7432 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Sebastian Cobb private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Inclusive Aviation in the main Terminal · Columbia, CA (35 nm) · (209) 480-6207 · [email protected]
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (41 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · [email protected]
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (45 nm) · (140) 866-6696 · [email protected]
- Jennifer Rayne Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroDynamic Aviation · San Jose, CA (45 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · [email protected]
- 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 · Trade Winds Aviation · San Jose, CA (45 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · [email protected]
- Margaret Watt private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hollister, CA (49 nm) · (209) 321-8108 · [email protected]
All 29 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Modesto 134 aircraft · 105 piston singles, 8 turboprops, 8 business jets
- Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department 3 aircraft in town
- Pas Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Ran Health Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- Pacific Crest Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- XPro Jet Charters, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mather Aviation Modesto LLC · repair station
- John Wayne/Orange County (SNA) 2 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Van Nuys (VNY) 2 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Cabo San Lucas (CSL) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Fresno Yosemite International (FAT) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Las Vegas (HSH) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 27 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MOD.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 26, 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.