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Sierraville Dearwater Airport

39.58100°N
-120.35400°W
ARR / DAY
5
10.0%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) is a small general aviation airport located in Sierraville, CA, 29 mi west of Reno. It features 1 runway measuring 3,093 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KTRK, 21 mi away (KO79 does not publish METAR)

36m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTRK 241447Z 00000KT 10SM BKN140 BKN200 13/06 A3026

Runways

1 installed

3,093 FT MAX
03/21
3,093 ft × 50
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

03
93% of ops
189 land · 1 TO
21
7% of ops
14 land · 10 TO
Runway 03 carries 93% of operations (189 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 7%.

Approach quality

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

03 189 landings
UA 0%
21 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 189 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
9.5
flights/day · 286 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 9.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (10.9 vs 9.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 202 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:23 UTC