KTVL Lake Tahoe Airport
South Lake Tahoe, CA · 3 miles SW of SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KTVL
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 6268.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 38-53-38.0000N 119-59-43.2000W
- Lat / Long
- 38.8938889, -119.9953333
- Mag. variation
- 16E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- ARTCC
- OAKLAND CENTER
- FSS
- RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- TVL (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-1600
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSF RWY 18; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 18 ON CONSLY.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KTVL
Runways
Longest 8,541 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 8541 x 100 ft. / 2603 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 70.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 177 magnetic, 193 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LDA/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSF: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with sequenced flashers
- Declared distances
- TORA:8541 TODA:8541 ASDA:7817 LDA:7017
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 800 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 6254.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 13 ft. brush, 450 ft. from runway, 125 ft. left of centerline, 19:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 357 magnetic, 013 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- UNUSBL BYD 4 DEG LEFT OF RWY CNTRLN & BYD 5 NM.
- Declared distances
- TORA:8541 TODA:8541 ASDA:7741 LDA:5708
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 2033 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 6268.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 345 ft. trees, 5700 ft. from runway, 500 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 3
Approaches — IAP 2
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf
- 122.85
- Wx Asos
- 124.725 (530-573-5836)
- Approach Lights
- MALSF: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with sequenced flashers
- Instrument Approach
- LDA/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Airframe service
- MINOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.