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) and about 21 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 9,900 takeoffs and landings a year. About 78 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lake Tahoe Airport?
Its FAA code is TVL, and its ICAO code is KTVL.
Where is Lake Tahoe Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, California, 6,268 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lake Tahoe Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 8,541 feet long, asphalt.
Does Lake Tahoe Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lake Tahoe Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lake Tahoe Airport?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Boeing Fld/King County International, Carlsbad, Seattle Paine Field International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Lake Tahoe Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: L e Dibble Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lake Tahoe Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lake Tahoe Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Minden-Tahoe Airport (13 nm northeast), Carson City Airport (22 nm northeast), Truckee-Tahoe Airport (26 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 3 departures from TVL in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 19 seats (16% filled), to 3 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tahoe → Boeing Fld/King County International TVL–BFI | 1 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Lake Tahoe → Carlsbad TVL–CLD | 1 | 3 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
| Lake Tahoe → Seattle Paine Field International TVL–PAE | 1 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
All 3 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 18 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 207 |
| air taxi and commuter | 657 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,099 |
| general aviation, local | 646 |
| military | 291 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- L e Dibble Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Zephyr Cove, 9 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Howard William Wolvington private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Genoa, NV (10 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- Anthony Lee Tisdale private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Minden-Tahoe Airport · Minden, NV (13 nm) · (775) 217-6281 · [email protected]
- David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (26 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · [email protected]
- Daniel Alan Britson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Reno, NV (38 nm) · (775) 771-3855 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Reno, NV (38 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · [email protected]
- Randy Ostman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Reno–Tahoe International Airport · Reno, NV (38 nm) · (435) 671-5949 · [email protected]
- Robert Michael Larkin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · RENO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Reno, NV (38 nm) · (775) 303-3255 · [email protected]
- Zachry Glass private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Reno, NV (38 nm) · (775) 772-4721 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in South Lake Tahoe 24 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprops
- Mouki Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- L e Dibble Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Boeing Fld/King County International (BFI) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Carlsbad (CLD) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 51 since 1982 · 17 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TVL.json.
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 27, 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.