Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base
O06 · Oroville, California · Butte County · map
Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by Calif Dept of Water Resources, 5 miles northeast of Oroville, California, 900 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
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What is the airport code for Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is O06.
Where is Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base?
It is 5 miles northeast of Oroville, California, 900 feet above sea level.
Does Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists car gas (mogas).
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lake Oroville Landing Area Seaplane Base?
3 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O06
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Calif Dept of Water Resources
- Elevation
- 900 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 9,000 × 9,000 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
- Parking
- buoys
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Oroville Municipal (9 nm southwest), Chico Regional (23 nm northwest), Yuba County (29 nm south), Nevada County (30 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
- VFR use only.
- Lake elevation varies from 700 - 900 feet above sea level.
- Traffic pattern altitude 800'AGL.
- Supervisory ranger, CA state parks.
- Landing zone is a 9000 feet diameter circular area in center of main body of Lake.
- Landing area located in center of main body of Lake.
- Floating debris during OCT-JUL.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Oroville from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Oroville, California: 32 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives.
- scott roberson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chico, CA (23 nm) · (650) 388-8197 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Airport Administration Bldg · Auburn, CA (41 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · [email protected]
- Brett Rexford Mayes private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Williams, CA (47 nm) · (530) 330-4353 · [email protected]
All 10 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Oroville 40 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- County of Butte 2 aircraft in town
- Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District 2 aircraft in town
- Butte County Mosquito & Vector Control District 2 aircraft in town
- 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/O06.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.