Sacramento Executive
SAC · KSAC · Sacramento, California · Sacramento County · map
Sacramento Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sacramento, 3 miles south of Sacramento, California, 23 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,503 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 172 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 110,094 takeoffs and landings a year. About 30 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSAC · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 99°F (37°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSAC 062153Z 30006KT 10SM CLR 37/08 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP099 T03720083
TAF KSAC 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
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 SAC · ICAO KSAC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sacramento
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,837 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 02: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 33 ft high 1,350 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Exec |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.075 | Exec |
| Ground | 125.0 | Exec |
| Approach and departure | 125.25 | Exec |
| Approach and departure NORTH-EAST | 127.4 | Exec |
| Sac and vot | 111.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 916-421-0923.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 110,094, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Sacramento from the FAA register
329 aircraft are registered to owners in Sacramento, California: 244 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 21 turboprops, 19 helicopters, 14 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 · 27 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
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate apt beacon - the common traffic frequency
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate all airfield lights - the common traffic frequency.
- <pattern altitude 1000' except 1500' for turbine and large aircraft.
- Operated by county of Sacramento
- Golf course lights shine across runway 02 final approach 800 feet runway CL dusk to 2200.
- No MID-FIELD, intersection or formation takeoffs.
- Runway 20 calm wind runway.
- Birds in the vicinity of of aprt.
- Ditch and concrete bridge in runway 02/20 safety area located 500 feet prior to runway 02 thld on CL.
- Dstc between taxiway a and taxiway B centerline is 75 feet.
- Runway 12 blast pad markings not standard.
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.