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Lake Tahoe Airport

38.89390°N
-119.99500°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼ 23.6%
DEP / DAY
6
▼ 17.3%

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 8 arrivals and 6 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

36m ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
4 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVL 271453Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 15/05 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01500050 53003

Runways

1 installed

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

Top carriers

Share of flights

8 total
TOP 9 15
Flexjet LLC (Richardson 27% Netjets Aviation 20% Regency AIR 13% LGM Enterprises 13% International JET Aviation Services (Englewood 7% MNL 7% Longhorn Aviation 7% Airsf Flight Service 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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SNA 2
VNY 1
SBA 1
SBP 1
MRY 1
SCF 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
4
Netjets Aviation
3
Regency AIR
2
LGM Enterprises
2
International JET Aviation Services (Englewood
1
MNL
1
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Longhorn Aviation
1
Airsf Flight Service
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 → 15 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
TVLSNA
Santa Ana, US
 Regency AIR 2 1h 1m
TVLVNY
Van Nuys, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 1h 1m
TVLSBA
Santa Barbara, US
 Longhorn Aviation 1 0h 51m
TVLSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 43m
TVLMRY
Monterey, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 53m
TVLSCF
Scottsdale, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 15m
TVLLVK
Livermore, US
 MNL 1 0h 32m
TVLMEV
Minden, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 21m
TVLCLD
Carlsbad, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 11m
TVLNV63
Las Vegas, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 1h 0m
TVLAFW
Fort Worth, US
 International JET Aviation Services (Englewood 1 2h 57m
TVLMKC
Kansas City, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 2h 58m
TVLSAN
San Diego, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 21m
TVLOAK
Oakland, US
 Airsf Flight Service 1 0h 45m

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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