Round Valley Airport
O09 · Covelo, California · Mendocino County · map
Round Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mendocino County, 1 mile southwest of Covelo, California, 1,434 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,670 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 5 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 2,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Round Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is O09.
Where is Round Valley Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Covelo, California, 1,434 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Round Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,670 feet long, asphalt.
Does Round Valley Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Round Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Round Valley Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Round Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O09
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mendocino County
- Elevation
- 1,434 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,670 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 210 ft, hill 250 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 270 ft, trees 100 ft high 3,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ukiah Municipal (40 nm south).
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
- Dusk to dawn.
- For medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 key 122.8 5 times.
- Road 100 feet from threshold and 4 feet fence 135 feet from threshold; 3 feet tires 80 feet 0B from threshold.
- Road 50 feet from threshold; 4 feet fence 40 feet from threshold; 5 feet fence 110 feet from threshold.
- Approach ratio 10:1 to displaced thld.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 37:1; approach ratio to displaced threshold over +15 feet road 310 feet from displaced threshold 20:1.
- Airport in Valley; high mts and trrn and ridge srnd airport. MT flying experience strongly recommended.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 5 |
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 2,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 500 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
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 Covelo from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Covelo, 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, 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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 1 since 1982, 1 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Covelo 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O09.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.