Truckee-Tahoe Airport
TRK · KTRK · Truckee, California · Placer County · map
Truckee-Tahoe Airport is a public-use airport owned by Truckee-Tahoe Airport Dist, 2 miles east of Truckee, California, 5,904 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 7,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KTRK · observed 12:47 pm PDT (19:47 UTC), 9 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.28 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
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 9,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTRK 061947Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW070 26/M01 A3028
TAF KTRK 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM062200 09005KT P6SM SCT090 FM070200 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 TRK · ICAO KTRK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Truckee-Tahoe Airport Dist
- Elevation
- 5,904 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,100 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · mar 15-apr 30 7:00 am to 7:30 pm; may 1-aug 31 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; sep 1-30 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; oct 1-mar 14 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
- Attended
- November to February, every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; March to October, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1962
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 4,654 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 20: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 115 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.575 | Truckee |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 118.0 | Truckee |
| Ground | 118.3 | Truckee |
| Squaw Valley Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 | Truckee |
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Aircraft registered in Truckee from the FAA register
77 aircraft are registered to owners in Truckee, California: 64 piston singles, 8 gliders, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 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 · 81 since 1982, 14 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
- When the control tower closed.
- Runway 20 and runway 11 DIST-TO-GO mkrs instld on left side.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 11; medium-intensity runway lights runway 2/20 and 11/29; VASI runway 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Atndnc hours drg pst.
- Atndnc hours drg dst.
- Mobile fuel available 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; SELF-SERVE available 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
- Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) is the only jet fuel sold at ktrk
- Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) is the only jet fuel sold at ktrk
- Gliders use left traffic runway 20.
- Unusable beyond 2 degreess left of centerline.
- Summer density altitudes in aftns frqly exceed 9000 feet.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.