Tulelake Municipal
O81 · Tulelake, California · Modoc County · map
Tulelake Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Modoc Nation, 7 miles southeast of Tulelake, California, 4,049 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,577 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O81
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Modoc Nation
- Elevation
- 4,049 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to August, every day, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm; September to May, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; September to May, weekends, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,577 × 45 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: road 15 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 30: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Tulelake from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Tulelake, California: 9 piston singles, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Estbd prior to may 15 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - 122.8.
- Leased to and maintained by county of Modoc.
- Roads dept ofc alturas.
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.