Willows/Glenn County
WLW · KWLW · Willows, California · Glenn County · map
Willows/Glenn County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Glenn, 1 mile west of Willows, California, 141 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 4,125 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WLW · ICAO KWLW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Glenn
- Elevation
- 141 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,125 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,788 × 60 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 550 ft from the end
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 1,910 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 243 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
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Aircraft registered in Willows from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Willows, California: 17 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. 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 · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and VASI runway 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Public works director.
- 24HR card lock
- Markings are faded and surface has alligator cracking.
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.