Turlock Municipal
O15 · Turlock, California · Merced County · map
Turlock Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Turlock, 8 miles east of Turlock, California, 161 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,985 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O15
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Turlock
- Elevation
- 161 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 sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,985 × 50 ft | Asphalt, poor | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 12: pole 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 120.95 |
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Aircraft registered in Turlock from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Turlock, California: 37 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 turboprops, 1 business jet, 1 balloon. 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 · 9 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
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- An X 4604
- Fuel available 24 hours self serve CC.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; lights 20 feet from edge of runway.
- Markings are faded and non-standard.
- Runway is cracked and raveling.
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.