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📍 Grass Valley⬆ 2,275 ft1 runways
09CL ·

Alta Sierra Airport

39.11380°N
-121.05700°W
ARR / DAY
2
40.0%
DEP / DAY
1
350.0%

Alta Sierra Airport (09CL) is a small general aviation airport located in Grass Valley, CA, 28 mi north east of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,834 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBAB, 20 mi away (09CL does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
12 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBAB 282255Z AUTO 16012KT 10SM SCT190 33/M06 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03261060 CHINO RWY33 $

Runways

1 installed

2,834 FT MAX
01/19
2,834 ft × 50
ASPH-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

01
75% of ops
40 land · 1 TO
19
25% of ops
13 land · 12 TO
Runway 01 carries 75% of operations (40 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

01 40 landings
UA 28%
19 13 landings
UA 38%
Approaches to 01 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 40 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
2.5
flights/day · 74 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (3.0 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 60 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E
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