Benton Field
O85 · Redding, California · Shasta County · map
Benton Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Redding, 1 mile west of Redding, California, 723 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,420 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O85
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Redding
- Elevation
- 723 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,420 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| O85 and aWOS-2 | 118.675 | |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 530-225-4183.
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 Redding from the FAA register
192 aircraft are registered to owners in Redding, California: 147 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 13 helicopters, 7 piston twins, 6 business jets. 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 · 15 since 1982, 3 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 PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Large birds frequently on and in vicinity of airport OCT-APR.
- Runway 16/34 halfway dist markers both sides of runway.
- For noise abatement climb to 1500 feet above ground level bfr turning. Calm wind preferred drctn is runway 34.
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.