Garberville Airport
O16 · Garberville, California · Humboldt County · map
Garberville Airport is a public-use airport owned by Humboldt County, 2 miles southwest of Garberville, California, 551 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,783 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O16
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Humboldt County
- Elevation
- 551 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,783 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 18: hill 354 ft high 4,250 ft from the end
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 25 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| O16 and aWOS-2 | 133.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 707-923-4291.
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 Garberville from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Garberville, California: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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 · 6 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.
- Day use only; closed nights.
- 100LL fuel available with credit card - 24 hours.
- Runway 36 0-20 feet rising terrain 0-200 feet.
- Terrain slopes up from the end of runway 36 approximately 12 feet before dropping off.
- Deer in vicinity of runway.
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.