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Sierraville Dearwater Airport

39.58100°N
-120.35400°W
ARR / DAY
4
0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
15.4%

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 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

32m ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
11 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTRK 030655Z AUTO 23011G15KT 10SM OVC075 10/02 A3012 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
93% of ops
275 land · 3 TO
21
7% of ops
21 land · 18 TO
Runway 03 carries 93% of operations (275 landings, 3 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

03 275 landings
UA 0%
21 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 275 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
8.5
flights/day · 256 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 8.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (9.2 vs 8.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 182 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 07:27 UTC