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KTLR · TLR

Mefford Field

36.15630°N

-119.32600°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 12.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 10.0%

Mefford Field (KTLR/TLR) is a small general aviation airport located in Tulare, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,914 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNLC, 37 mi away (KTLR does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

8 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

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Runways

1 installed

3,914 FT MAX

13/31

3,914 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

58% of ops

68 land · 8 TO

42% of ops

49 land · 17 TO

Runway 13 carries 58% of operations (68 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

13 68 landings

UA 0%

31 49 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 68 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

3.7

flights/day · 111 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 2am · 4pm

Day vs night

47%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (5.0 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 90 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
APCH	118.500	—
APCH	268.700	—
UNICOM	122.700	—
AWOS	120.000	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Mag var:: 12° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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