KTVL IATA TVL Medium Airport

Airport record

Lake Tahoe Airport

South Lake Tahoe, California, United States

High elevation
WGS 84 position 38.89390°, -119.99500° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 6,264 ft MSL

1,909 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 8,541 ft

2,603 metres · 18/36

PUBLISHED COMMS 5

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
18/36 8,541 × 100 ft2,603 × 30 m Asphalt 192.9° / 12.9° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

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Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
18 LE · low-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 192.9°T 6,251 ft MSL1,905 m Not published 38.90530°, -119.99200° Open end map ↗
36 HE · high-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 12.9°T 6,259 ft MSL1,908 m Not published 38.88250°, -119.99900° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
ASOS 124.725 MHz ASOS
CNTR 127.950 MHz OAKLAND CNTR
CTAF 122.850 MHz CTAF
RDO 122.250 MHz RENO RDO
UNIC 122.850 MHz UNICOM

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Nearby airports

All in United States
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
KRNO Reno Tahoe International AirportReno 38 NM70 km · N · 16° true 11,001 ft
KOAK Oakland San Francisco Bay AirportOakland 126 NM234 km · SW · 237° true 10,520 ft
KFAT Fresno Yosemite International AirportFresno 128 NM237 km · S · 174° true 9,539 ft
KSJC Mineta San Jose International AirportSan Jose 130 NM240 km · SW · 225° true 11,000 ft
KSFO San Francisco International AirportSan Francisco 136 NM251 km · SW · 236° true 11,870 ft
KLAS Harry Reid International AirportLas Vegas 286 NM529 km · SE · 125° true 14,835 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.