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South Lake Tahoe · US

Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL)

6,264 ft MSL1 listed runwaysTower status unverified
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THE FIELD

Runways

18/36

8,541 × 100 ft

ASPH · FAA lighting code: MED

Traffic patterns & runway remarks

Traffic pattern · 18

Published direction
Left traffic
Pattern altitude
Not published

When the tower is operating, follow ATC instructions. Missing direction is not assumed to mean left traffic.

Declared distances & approach aids
Landing available
7,017 ft
Takeoff run
8,541 ft
Takeoff available
8,541 ft
Accelerate-stop
7,817 ft
Displaced threshold
800 ft
End elevation MSL
6,254.6 ft
Visual aid · FAA code
P4L
Approach lighting
MALSF
Runway remarks · 1

18 · VGSI CODE
UNUSBL BYD 4 DEG LEFT OF RWY CNTRLN & BYD 5 NM.

FAA NASR · 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26 · Published reference, not live runway status

Traffic pattern · 36

Published direction
Right traffic
Pattern altitude
Not published

When the tower is operating, follow ATC instructions. Missing direction is not assumed to mean left traffic.

Declared distances & approach aids
Landing available
5,708 ft
Takeoff run
8,541 ft
Takeoff available
8,541 ft
Accelerate-stop
7,741 ft
Displaced threshold
2,033 ft
End elevation MSL
6,268.3 ft
Visual aid · FAA code
Not published
Approach lighting
Not published
Runway remarks · 1

36 · OBSTN CLNC SLOPE
APCH RATIO 22:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.

FAA NASR · 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26 · Published reference, not live runway status

Published FAA details are shown where available. Missing values remain unknown; verify current publications and NOTAMs.

ON THE RADIO

Communications

ASOSASOS
124.725 MHz
OAKLAND CNTRCNTR
127.95 MHz
CTAFCTAF
122.85 MHz
RENO RDORDO
122.25 MHz
UNICOMUNIC
122.85 MHz

Reference only. Verify frequencies, sectors and tower hours in the current Chart Supplement. A tower listing does not mean it is operating now.

AFTER YOU LAND

FBOs, fuel & visiting

Published fuel types
100LL · Jet A
Facility use
Public use
Lighting schedule
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Ownership
Public

Attendance & contacts

ALL · 0700-1600

Attendance as published; this does not establish current tower or FBO hours.

MANAGER · JOHN DICKINSON
530-542-6182

OWNER · SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
530-542-6182

Airport remarks · 21

ACTVT MALSF RWY 18; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 18 ON CONSLY.

AP SFC CONDS: TRML APRON EXCELLENT, TWY - RWY GOOD, NORTH GA APRON POOR.

MULTICOM 122.85

AFTER WINTER STORMS RY 18/36 OPENS BEFORE ALL TWYS ARE CLEAR.

PREFERRED ARRIVAL RY 18; PREFERRED DEP RY 36.

RECREATIONAL AIRBORNE ACTIVITY ALONG SOUTHERN LAKE SHORE.

(E81) APRON ENTRANCE TWYS AND HIGH SPEED TWYS ONLY.

FOR LARGE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT DEP RY 18; RIGHT DOWNWIND DEP RECOMMENDED.

BIRDS AND WATERFOWL INVOF ARPT.

ADVERSE WEATHER EFFECTS MAGNIFIED BY MOUNTAINS.

TFC ADVISORIES & SEQUENCING IN THE TFC PAT ARE BASED ON POSITION REPORTS RECEIVED FROM PILOTS IN THESE AREAS.

ARPT SURROUNDED ON E; S & W BY RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN.

ACCESS NOISE RESTRICTIONS: MAX 80 DBA DEP, 84 DBA ARR (TRANSPORT - 86 DBA), MAX 77.1 DBA NIGHT LIMIT.

NOISE ABATEMENT, DEP RWY 36 HDG 1 MILE, LEFT 320 DEG TO SHORELINE.

FOR NOISE ABATEMENT INFO CALL (530) 542-6182.

AVOID DESOLATION WILDERNESS WEST OF ARPT.

AP CONDS NOT MMT 1600-0700 DLY.

TPA 7500' MSL FOR SMALL ACFT; 8000' MSL FOR TRANSPORT/HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT.

PARAGLIDERS AND MOTORIZED PRCHTS OPR FROM RWY SFC.

AP CONDS NOT MNT SAT/SUN.

COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -12C.

FAA NASR · Effective 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26

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Reference snapshot retrieved 2026-09-28 from OurAirports, a community-maintained public-domain source; retrieval is not verification of each field. Weather and chart status are shown separately.