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Lake Tahoe Airport

38.89390°N
-119.99500°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 2.0%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 3.1%

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 7 arrivals and 5 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

2h ago
Temp
62°F
Wind
5 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVL 131153Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW120 17/08 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP105 T01670078 10167 20117 58005

Runways

1 installed

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

Top carriers

Share of flights

9 total
TOP 9 21
Netjets Aviation 43% Terrible Herbst 14% Regency AIR 10% WUP 10% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 5% C.C. Calzone 5% Helicopter.Pl S.A. 5% West Coast Charters (Santa ANA 5% Mira Vista Aviation 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SNA 5
FAT 2
LAX 1
RAL 1
BFI 1
BTV 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 9
Netjets Aviation
9
Terrible Herbst
3
Regency AIR
2
WUP
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
1
C.C. Calzone
1
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Helicopter.Pl S.A.
1
West Coast Charters (Santa ANA
1
Mira Vista Aviation
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 → 18 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Terrible Herbst 2 1h 5m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Regency AIR 2 1h 7m
TVLFAT
Fresno, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 28m
TVLLAX
Los Angeles, US
 WUP 1 1h 8m
TVLRAL
Riverside, US
 West Coast Charters (Santa ANA 1 2h 14m
TVLBFI
Seattle, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 28m
TVLBTV
Burlington, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 4h 46m
TVLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 46m
TVLCLD
Carlsbad, US
 WUP 1 1h 20m
TVLSFO
San Francisco, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 41m
TVLAPC
Napa, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 25m
TVLHSH
Las Vegas, US
 C.C. Calzone 1 1h 0m
TVLSLC
Salt Lake City, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 9m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 12m
TVLKM45
Markleeville, US
 Helicopter.Pl S.A. 1 0h 11m

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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