Truckee Tahoe Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Truckee Tahoe Airport District | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Truckee, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,901 ft / 1,799 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°19′12″N 120°08′22″W / 39.32000°N 120.13944°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.TruckeeTahoeAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Truckee Tahoe Airport[1] (IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA LID: TRK) is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States.[2] The airport is in both Nevada County and Placer County. It is owned by Truckee Tahoe Airport District,[1] a bi-county special district. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 it is a general aviation airport.[3]
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Truckee Tahoe Airport is assigned TRK by FAA and TKF by IATA.[4] IATA says TRK is Juwata Airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
Truckee-Tahoe Airport covers 989 acres (400 ha) at an elevation of 5,900 ft (1,800 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 11/29 is 7,000 by 100 ft (2,134 by 30 m) and 2/20 4,650 by 75 ft (1,417 by 23 m).[2]
In the year ending December 31, 2004 the airport had 35,000 aircraft operations, an average of 95 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and less than 1% military. 91 aircraft were then based at this airport: 80.2% single-engine, 13.2% multi-engine, 2.2% jet, 3.3% glider and 1.1% ultralight.[2]
AWOS is at 118.0, CTAF is 122.80. Runway elevation is 5,900 ft (1,800 m), pattern altitude is 7,000 ft (2,100 m). Both runways are lighted. Density altitude can exceed 9,000 ft (2,700 m) in summer months. Downdrafts can occur on final to RWY 19. Glider pilots use left traffic RWY 19. Powered pilots use right traffic RWY 19.
100LL and Jet A are available 7am - 7pm, and self serve 100LL is available 7am - 9pm. There are 210 paved tie-downs for transient parking, no landing fees and low overnight tie-down fees.
The airport is attended seven days a week, 7am - 9pm. Snow removal equipment is operated round-the-clock as needed. Pre-heating services and aircraft maintenance are offered by local FBOs. No de-icing services are available.
The airport had a 500-gallon underground heating oil tank removed in 1986. Small amounts of oil that had leaked were monitored and removed; six remaining above-ground tanks were functioning satisfactorily and are regularly tested.[6]
Instrument departures
IFR clearances can be requested from Oakland Center on frequency 127.95 which can be reached from most places on the field.
References
- ^ a b c Truckee Tahoe Airport, official site
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for TRK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Truckee, California - Truckee-Tahoe Airport (IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA: TRK)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Tarakan, Borneo, Indonesia - Juwata Airport (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WALR)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Truckee, California, Earth Metrics Inc., 1989
External links
- Truckee Tahoe Airport, official site
- Aerial image as of 26 August 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for TRK, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for TRK
- AirNav airport information for KTRK
- ASN accident history for TKF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures