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Ruth Airport

T42 · Ruth, California · Trinity County · map

Ruth Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Trinity, 7 miles south of Ruth, California, 2,781 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,500 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA T42
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
County of Trinity
Elevation
2,781 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Klamath Falls sectional
Magnetic variation
17E
In the FAA's files since
January 2002

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1331N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
13/313,500 × 50 ftAsphalt, fair
  • Runway 13: berm 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
  • Runway 31: hill 400 ft high 2,400 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8

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Aircraft registered in Ruth from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Ruth, CA as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

1996-08-18FTW96LA354 · Cessna 170B N600JM · accident · minor injuries
1984-05-13FTW84LA232 · Cessna 170 N2539V · accident · no injuries
1983-03-05FTW83LA139 · Beckner Fw-3 N2762J · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Director of transportation; office in weaverville.
  • Trinity county transportation services office in weaverville
  • 4' fence 75' left and 100' right of centerline.
  • Airport closed nights.
  • High terrain all quadrants.

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.