Petaluma Municipal
O69 · Petaluma, California · Sonoma County · map
Petaluma Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Petaluma, 1 mile northeast of Petaluma, California, 90 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 177 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 53,300 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Petaluma Municipal?
Its FAA code is O69.
Where is Petaluma Municipal?
It is 1 mile northeast of Petaluma, California, 90 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Petaluma Municipal?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,600 feet long, asphalt.
Does Petaluma Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Petaluma Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Petaluma Municipal?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Petaluma Pilot Training Center and Sonoma Skypark Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Petaluma Municipal?
8 pilot examiners and 21 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 Petaluma Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O69
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Petaluma
- Elevation
- 90 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
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,600 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: trees 65 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Mount Tamalpais Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 | |
| O69 and aWOS-3P | 132.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 707-773-1529.
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 (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Gnoss Field (7 nm south), Napa County (16 nm east), Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County (18 nm northwest).
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
- Noise abatement procedure 800 feet above sea level before crosswind turn; straight out climb to 1500 feet above sea level for departures; downwind stay outside adobe road; avoid overflights of the old odobe historic park.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 29; PAPI runway 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Calm wind runway 29.
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 | 161 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 4 |
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 53,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 300 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,000 |
| general aviation, local | 41,000 |
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 Petaluma from the FAA register
93 aircraft are registered to owners in Petaluma, California: 71 piston singles, 11 drones, 5 business jets, 2 piston twins, 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, 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:
- Petaluma Pilot Training Center 1 aircraft · Petaluma Petaluma Pilots is a flight school located at Petaluma Municipal Airport in California.
- Sonoma Skypark Flying Club 1 aircraft · Sonoma, 9 miles away Sonoma Skypark is a publicly-accessible, privately-owned airport in Sonoma, California, operated by a flying club of over fifty community members.
Repair stations in Petaluma:
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
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 21 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (32 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · [email protected]
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (36 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · [email protected]
- Jonathan Baror private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Davis Flight Support · Davis, CA (42 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · [email protected]
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (43 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · [email protected]
- Michael Healey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · WP 27 Oakland FSDO · Foster City, CA (45 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · [email protected]
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (46 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · [email protected]
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · San Carlos, CA (48 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · [email protected]
- R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Valley Flying Club - SQL · San Carlos, CA (48 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · [email protected]
All 37 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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 · 21 since 1982, 6 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 Petaluma 93 aircraft · 71 piston singles, 11 drones, 5 business jets
- Arcturus UAV INC 9 aircraft in town
- Mangon Aircraft INC 2 aircraft in town
- Cierva Service LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Av INC 2 aircraft in town
- Petaluma Pilot Training Center 1 aircraft · flight school
- Sonoma Skypark Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Beaver Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 6 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 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O69.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 30, 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.