Visalia Municipal
VIS · KVIS · Visalia, California · Tulare County · map
Visalia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Visalia, 4 miles west of Visalia, California, 292 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,562 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVIS · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 58 minutes ago
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 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
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVIS 061856Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM 33/12 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03280122 $
TAF KVIS 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT 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 VIS · ICAO KVIS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Visalia
- Elevation
- 292 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 4:00 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
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,562 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 917 ft, 5,635 ft available for landing, fence 4 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 5,635 ft available for landing, tree 61 ft high 3,175 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 118.5 | |
| Vis and aWOS-3PT | 119.925 | |
| Visalia and rco | 122.6 | Visalia |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 559-651-2418.
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 Visalia from the FAA register
132 aircraft are registered to owners in Visalia, California: 88 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 9 piston twins, 8 helicopters, 5 drones. 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 · 18 since 1982, 6 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
- Runway 30 designated calm wind runway.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 12; PAPI runway 12 and 30; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ron tiedown fee.
- No downwind turns when departing runway 12 until rchg traffic pattern altitude.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel 100LL available 24 hours.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel jet a available 24HRS.
- Helipad on parallel taxiway; then hovertaxi to adjacent concrete parking pad; 20000 pounds maximum weight.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld.
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.