Oroville Municipal
OVE · KOVE · Oroville, California · Butte County · map
Oroville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Oroville, 3 miles southwest of Oroville, California, 194 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 6,020 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOVE · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 94°F (34°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOVE 062053Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 34/11 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP115 T03440106 58021
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OVE · ICAO KOVE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Oroville
- Elevation
- 194 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 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: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,020 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,540 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Ove and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-533-5792.
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 Oroville from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Oroville, California: 32 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 10 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
- Taxiway from runway 02/20 to golf course/restaurant tie-downs 20 feet wide with no shoulders.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02, 13, 20 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 3 NM.
- Firefighting aircraft in the vicinity of airport MAY-OCT.
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.