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Lake Tahoe Airport

38.89390°N
-119.99500°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 36.7%
DEP / DAY
8
▲ 96.3%

Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL/TVL) is a medium general aviation airport located in South Lake Tahoe, CA, 45 mi south of Reno. It features 1 runway measuring 8,544 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 10 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
49°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVL 171053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/05 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP205 T00940050

Runways

1 installed

8,544 FT MAX
18/36
8,544 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

10 total
TOP 9 25
Netjets Aviation 44% Helicopter.Pl S.A. 20% SAN Carlos Flight Center 8% Pacific Coast JET (Oakland 8% Regency AIR 4% Cobalt AIR 4% TCN 4% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 4% Executive JET Management 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SNA 4
NV72 3
SBP 2
OAK 2
NUQ 1
BFI 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 10
Netjets Aviation
11
Helicopter.Pl S.A.
5
SAN Carlos Flight Center
2
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland
2
Regency AIR
1
Cobalt AIR
1
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TCN
1
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
1
Executive JET Management
1
Terrible Herbst
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.850 —
ASOS 124.725 —
SQUAW VA 122.500 —
OTHER 122.500 —
SQUAW VA 127.950 —
OTHER 127.950 —
SOUTH LA 134.300 —
OTHER 134.300 —
SACRAMEN 316.100 —
OTHER 316.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KTVL · last 7d

1 destinations
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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

Top routes

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See all routes → 22 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
TVLNV72
Wellington, US
 Helicopter.Pl S.A. 3 0h 56m
TVLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 49m
TVLOAK
Oakland, US
 Pacific Coast JET (Oakland 2 0h 52m
TVLNUQ
Mountain View, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 53m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Terrible Herbst 1 1h 11m
TVLBFI
Seattle, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 28m
TVLMRY
Monterey, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 51m
TVLFAT
Fresno, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 28m
TVLKN59
Smith, US
 Helicopter.Pl S.A. 1 0h 56m
TVLSFO
San Francisco, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 41m
TVLTEX
Telluride, US
 Cobalt AIR 1 1h 34m
TVLAPC
Napa, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 25m
TVLSLC
Salt Lake City, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 9m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 12m
TVLVNY
Van Nuys, US
 TCN 1 1h 15m
TVLSQL
San Carlos, US
 SAN Carlos Flight Center 1 1h 20m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Executive JET Management 1 1h 18m
TVLBUR
Burbank, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 45m
TVLKM45
Markleeville, US
 Helicopter.Pl S.A. 1 0h 11m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Regency AIR 1 1h 9m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Pilot_1975
7/30/2012
Don't go swimming
If heading North, Depart over the lake, turn east and head for Reno. Once across the ridge, turn north and parallel the ridge . More emergency landing options this way. Better than going swimming. This lake is deep and cold!
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