Sidney Pickels Field
O08 · Colusa, California · Colusa County · map
Sidney Pickels Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Colusa, 3 miles south of Colusa, California, 49 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,034 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O08
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Colusa
- Elevation
- 49 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1962
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,034 × 59 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
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Aircraft registered in Colusa from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Colusa, California: 27 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 1 turboprop. 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 · 4 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
- Be alert to building 120 feet above ground level 1000 feet west.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available by credit card 24/7
- (E81) runway exit lights only.
- Birds on and in vicinity of airport
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.