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Sierraville Dearwater Airport

39.58100°N
-120.35400°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KMEV, 51 mi away (KO79 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
55°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEV 140715Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 13/11 A3006 RMK AO2

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
91% of ops
217 land · 3 TO
21
9% of ops
21 land · 18 TO
Runway 03 carries 91% of operations (217 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 9%.

Approach quality

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

03 217 landings
UA 0%
21 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 217 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
6.5
flights/day · 196 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (7.4 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 143 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:41 UTC