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09CL ·

Alta Sierra Airport

39.11380°N

-121.05700°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 27.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Alta Sierra Airport (09CL) is a small general aviation airport located in Grass Valley, CA, 28 mi north east of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,834 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KAUN, 11 mi away (09CL does not publish METAR)

13m ago

Temp

70°F

Wind

7 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAUN 020055Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A2998 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

2,834 FT MAX

01/19

2,834 ft × 50

ASPH-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

87% of ops

41 land · 1 TO

13% of ops

6 land · 13 TO

Runway 01 carries 87% of operations (41 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 13%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

01 41 landings

UA 29%

19 6 landings

UA 33%

Approaches to 01 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 41 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

2.3

flights/day · 69 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 2pm · 6pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.8 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (13% of 62 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Mag var:: 16° E

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