AirNav: O79 - Sierraville Dearwater Airport

O79

Sierraville Dearwater Airport
Sierraville, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MARCH 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	O79
Lat/Long:	39-34-53.4590N 120-21-15.4740W 39-34.890983N 120-21.257900W 39.5815164,-120.3542983 (estimated)
Elevation:	4989.7 ft. / 1521 m (estimated)
Variation:	16E (1985)
From city:	1 mile SE of SIERRAVILLE, CA
Time zone:	UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	96126

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	OAKLAND CENTER
FSS:	RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	RNO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Pattern altitude:	5789.7 ft. MSL
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	yes

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-2 at O02 (14 nm N):	119.35 (530-832-6942)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
SWRr335/24.4		PALISADES VOR/DME		113.20		16E
FMGr259/32.4		MUSTANG VORTAC		117.90		16E

Airport Services

Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 3/21

Dimensions:

3093 x 50 ft. / 943 x 15 m

Surface:

asphalt/dirt, in poor condition
PAVEMENT IS CRUMBLING IN AREAS AND CRACKING.

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

12.0

RUNWAY 3

RUNWAY 21

Latitude:

39-34.723678N

39-35.058300N

Longitude:

120-21.506083W

120-21.009717W

Elevation:

4989.7 ft.

4954.7 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

right

Displaced threshold:

182 ft.

Markings:

basic, in good condition

Runway end identifier lights:

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	COUNTY OF SIERRA PO BOX 98 DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936 Phone (530) 289-3201
Manager:	BRIAN DAVEY PO BOX 98 DOWNIEVILLE, CA 95936 Phone (530) 289-3201 SIERRA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, DOWNIEVILLE.

Additional Remarks

A96	ULTRALIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at O79.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

O02 - Nervino Airport (14 nm N)
KTRK - Truckee-Tahoe Airport (19 nm SE)
KRTS - Reno/Stead Airport (23 nm E)
KRNO - Reno/Tahoe International Airport (28 nm E)
KGOO - Nevada County Airport (37 nm SW)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 11-Apr-2026

	Local (UTC-7)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:03	13:03
Sunrise	06:31	13:31
Sunset	19:34	02:34
Evening civil twilight	20:02	03:02

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	12-Apr-2026 06:09:12
Local (UTC-7)	11-Apr-2026 23:09:12

METAR

KTRK 19nm SE	120555Z AUTO 15003KT 3/4SM SN OVC007 00/00 A2976 RMK AO2 P0002
KRTS 23nm E	120555Z AUTO 24014KT 10SM FEW031 SCT039 OVC050 03/M01 A2974 RMK AO2
KBLU 24nm SW	120552Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG VV003 M01/M01 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP086 P0028 60086 T10061011 10044 21017 51022 $
KRNO 28nm E	120555Z 29018G31KT 10SM -RA SCT032 OVC050 06/M01 A2973 RMK AO2 PK WND 29031/0548 RAB02E19B38 SLP047 P0000 60000 T00561006 10139 20056 53012
KGOO 37nm SW	120555Z AUTO 11007G12KT 1/2SM BR SCT002 OVC019 01/00 A2978 RMK A01 P0009
KCXP 37nm SE	120555Z AUTO 24008G15KT 200V270 2 1/2SM RA HZ FEW010 BKN016 OVC038 04/02 A2976 RMK AO2 P0007

TAF

KTRK
19nm SE

120520Z 1206/1306 23010G20KT 2SM -SN OVC020 FM121300 20017G26KT 1SM -SN BR OVC020 WS020/21050KT FM130200 21006KT 2SM -SN BR OVC015

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