Salton Sea Airport
SAS · KSAS · Salton City, California · Imperial County · map
Salton Sea Airport is a public-use airport owned by Burrtec Waste Industries, 1 mile southwest of Salton City, California, -84 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,000 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SAS · ICAO KSAS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Burrtec Waste Industries
- Elevation
- -84 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1960
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | · Use: clearance delivery/P. |
| El Centro Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.275 |
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Aircraft registered in Salton City from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Salton City, CA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Runway 07 and runway 25 white thld bars are only markings on runway.
- Loose gravel in the vicinity of parking area.
- Occasional ultralight activity on weekends.
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.