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Lake Tahoe Airport

38.89390°N
-119.99500°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 19.4%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 51.8%

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 8,541 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KTVL 090953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/02 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP187 T00610017

Runways

1 installed

8,541 FT MAX
18/36
8,541 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

10 total
TOP 9 12
Canadian Armed Forces 17% U.S Forest Service (Ogden 17% Netjets Aviation 17% Kenmore AIR Harbor 8% LGM Enterprises 8% Corporate Flight International 8% MNL 8% Pacific Coast JET (Oakland 8% Longhorn Aviation 8%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SLC 2
BOI 2
OAK 2
AZ47 1
SNA 1
LAS 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 10
Canadian Armed Forces
2
U.S Forest Service (Ogden
2
Netjets Aviation
2
Kenmore AIR Harbor
1
LGM Enterprises
1
Corporate Flight International
1
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MNL
1
Pacific Coast JET (Oakland
1
Longhorn Aviation
1
West Coast Charters (Santa ANA
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 → 13 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
TVLBOI
Boise, US
 U.S Forest Service (Ogden 2 1h 35m
TVLAZ47
Parker, US
 West Coast Charters (Santa ANA 1 1h 44m
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 14m
TVLLAS
Las Vegas, US
 Corporate Flight International 1 0h 58m
TVLSLC
Salt Lake City, US
 Canadian Armed Forces 1 1h 44m
TVLOAK
Oakland, US
 Pacific Coast JET (Oakland 1 0h 29m
TVLONT
Ontario, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 4m
TVLOAK
Oakland, US
 Canadian Armed Forces 1 0h 47m
TVLSFO
San Francisco, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 34m
TVLRNO
Reno, US
 MNL 1 0h 13m
TVLSLC
Salt Lake City, US
 Longhorn Aviation 1 1h 3m
TVLFRD
Friday Harbor, US
 Kenmore AIR Harbor 1 2h 22m

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Pilot_1975
07/30/2012
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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