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Sierraville Dearwater Airport

39.58100°N
-120.35400°W
ARR / DAY
7
6.0%
DEP / DAY
3
17.6%

Sierraville Dearwater Airport (KO79) is a small general aviation airport located in Sierraville, CA, 29 mi west of Reno. It features 1 runway measuring 3,260 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

31m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
9 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KTRK 151750Z 22009KT 10SM FEW150 22/M01 A3028

Runways

1 installed

3,260 FT MAX
03/21
3,260 ft × 50
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

03
92% of ops
397 land · 0 TO
21
8% of ops
36 land · 8 TO
Runway 03 carries 92% of operations (397 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

03 397 landings
UA 0%
21 36 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 397 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
9.8
flights/day · 295 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 9.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (10.1 vs 10.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 202 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:21 UTC