Rogers Field
O05 · Chester, California · Plumas County · map
Rogers Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Plumas, 2 miles southwest of Chester, California, 4,534 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,020 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O05
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Plumas
- Elevation
- 4,534 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,020 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 50 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 67 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| O05 and aWOS-3 | 118.275 | |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-230-0642.
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 Chester from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Chester, California: 2 piston singles. 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 · 5 since 1982, 2 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and PAPI runways 16 and 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Plus several fire bombers during summer.
- (E93) two 40' diameter concrete helipads /USFS/ on field.
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.