Columbia Airport
O22 · Columbia, California · Tuolumne County · map
Columbia Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Tuolumne, 1 mile southwest of Columbia, California, 2,121 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 4,673 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 103 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 45,657 takeoffs and landings a year. About 18 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Columbia Airport?
Its FAA code is O22.
Where is Columbia Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Columbia, California, 2,121 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Columbia Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 4,673 feet long.
Does Columbia Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Columbia Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Columbia Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Springfield Flying Service LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Columbia Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners 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 Columbia Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O22
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Tuolumne
- Elevation
- 2,121 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,673 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 2,607 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 598 ft, gnd 33 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 35: VASI, two boxes on the left, threshold displaced 384 ft, trees 61 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 11: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 135 ft high 2,190 ft from the end
- Runway 29: trees 115 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure WEST-NORTH | 125.1 | |
| Angels Camp Center (remote transmitter) Low | 121.25 | |
| O22 and aWOS-3 | 124.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 209-536-9384.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Westover Field Amador County (27 nm northwest), Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field (35 nm southwest), Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (36 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
- Airport has two rotating beacons; one on the airport and one 6500' southeast threshold runway 35.
- Calfire air tanker operators from airport drg fire season.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 and runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 17 and runway 35 oper continuously.
- Pattern altitude runway 11/29 800 feet above ground level.
- Runway end safety areas non-standard length; runway 17 210 feet; runway 35 300 feet.
- Runway 35 VASI unusable beyond 5 degrees left and right of runway centerline.
- Approach ratio from displaced thld 31:1.
- Approach ratio from displaced thld 37:1.
- Varying wind direction and velocity may be encountered at mid point of runway 17/35 due to terrain features and wind flow patterns.
- Runway 11 departures prohibited due to conflict with main runway.
- Grass taxiway north side of runway 11/29 not recommended for use nov - mar
- Runway 29 not recommended for use during winter months nov through mar.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 | 95 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 45,657, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,740 |
| general aviation, travelling | 22,900 |
| general aviation, local | 21,000 |
| military | 17 |
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 Columbia from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbia, California: 21 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 2 piston twins. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Springfield Flying Service LLC 6 aircraft · Columbia Springfield Flying Service is a flight school in Columbia, California that offers personalized one-on-one flight training for private pilot, instrument, and commercial certificates and ratings.
Charter operators and airlines based in Columbia:
- Courtney Aviation, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Columbia:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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, 3 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Kenneth Sebastian Cobb private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Inclusive Aviation in the main Terminal · Columbia, CA (0 nm) · (209) 480-6207 · [email protected]
- Robert Alan Davids private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Calaveras County Airport · San Andreas, CA (13 nm) · (209) 612-7432 · [email protected]
- Scott Richard Siemiller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winton, CA (38 nm) · (209) 201-2866 · [email protected]
All 16 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 29 since 1982, 5 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Columbia 29 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Courtney Aviation LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Springfield Flying Service LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Cloud Splitter INC 2 aircraft in town
- Courtney Aviation, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Springfield Flying Service LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Courtney Aviation, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 29 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O22.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 27, 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.