Susanville Municipal
SVE · KSVE · Susanville, California · Lassen County · map
Susanville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Susanville, 5 miles southeast of Susanville, California, 4,149 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 4,051 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSVE · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KSVE 062155Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 32/00 A3014 RMK A01 P000
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 SVE · ICAO KSVE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Susanville
- Elevation
- 4,149 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 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: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,051 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 2,180 × 60 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| H1 | 120 × 120 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,650 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 07: fence 5 ft high 60 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency |
| Reno and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.8 | |
| Sve and aWOS-3 | 133.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-257-0315.
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 Susanville from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Susanville, California: 15 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 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 · 7 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency
- Ltd to 12000 pounds by amgr.
- Does not provide obstruction clearance beyond 6.2 NM from threshold.
- Powerline orange balls below tree line partially obscured
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -15C.
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.