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KTVL · TVL

Lake Tahoe Airport

38.89390°N
-119.99500°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 46.4%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 8.0%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

37m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
4 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVL 140053Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 09/M11 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP222 T00891106

Runways

1 installed

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

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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
TVLSJC
San Jose, US
Executive JET Management 2 0h 37m
TVLMSP
Minneapolis, US
Executive JET Management 2 2h 52m
TVLHOU
Houston, US
Netjets Aviation 2 3h 21m
TVLOAK
Oakland, US
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland 1 0h 27m
TVLSMF
Sacramento, US
Netjets Aviation 1 0h 23m
TVLLAS
Las Vegas, US
Netjets Aviation 1 1h 26m

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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