Lake Tahoe Airport
TVL · KTVL · South Lake Tahoe, California · El Dorado County · map
Lake Tahoe Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, California, 6,268 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 8,541 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTVL · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.29 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 from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 9,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm PDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTVL 061953Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP207 T02220061
TAF KTVL 061720Z 0618/0718 04006KT P6SM SCT090 FM070100 19003KT 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 TVL · ICAO KTVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 6,268 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,541 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 800 ft, 7,017 ft available for landing, brush 13 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 2,033 ft, 5,708 ft available for landing, trees 345 ft high 5,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.85 | |
| Squaw Valley Rco | 122.5 | Squaw Valley · Communications provided by reno radio on frequency 122.5 (squaw valley rco). |
| Tvl and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.725 | |
| Squaw Valley Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.95 | |
| South Lake Tahoe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-573-5836.
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 South Lake Tahoe from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in South Lake Tahoe, California: 21 piston singles, 2 gliders, 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 · 51 since 1982, 17 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
- AP surface conditions: terminal apron excellent, taxiway - runway good, north general aviation apron poor.
- Activate malsf runway 18; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 18 on continuously.
- Multicom 122.85
- Unusable beyond 4 degrees left of runway centerline and beyond 5 NM.
- Approach ratio 22:1 to displaced thld.
- Pattern altitude 7500' above sea level for small aircraft; 8000' above sea level for transport/high performance aircraft.
- After winter storms runway 18/36 opens before all taxiways are clear.
- Preferred arrival runway 18; preferred departure runway 36.
- Recreational airborne activity along southern Lake shore.
- (E81) apron entrance taxiways and high speed taxiways only.
- For large and high performance aircraft departure runway 18; right downwind departure recommended.
- Birds and waterfowl 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.