# Alturas Municipal Airport (KAAT)

**Alturas Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KAAT) is a small airport in Alturas, California, United States. It opened in Oct 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,228 ft (1,289 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaat

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KAAT
- FAA: AAT
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Alturas, California, United States
- Opened: Oct 1941
- Elevation: 4,378 ft / 1,335 m
- Coordinates: 41.4827, -120.5657
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,228 ft / 1,289 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alturas_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4063625
- Weather station: KAAT
- Ident: KAAT

## Timeline

- Oct 1941: Alturas Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 4,228 ft / 1,289 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | yes |
| 03/21 | 2,506 ft / 764 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,228 ft / 1,289 m | #8,940 of 29,858 | #3,403 in North America | #2,810 in US |
| Elevation | 4,378 ft / 1,335 m | #2,844 of 43,403 | #1,516 in North America | #1,196 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 124.175 |
| CNTR | SEATTLE CNTR | 127.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA06](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca06.md) Bates Field · 4.2 mi / 6.8 km
- [A24](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ka24.md) California Pines Airport · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [US-7409](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7409.md) Winema Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [9CL3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9cl3.md) Likely Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [US-4019](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4019.md) Reservoir F Airstrip · 17 mi / 28 km
- [US-4022](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4022.md) South Likely Airport · 21 mi / 33 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaat/data