# Lake Tahoe Airport (TVL / KTVL)

**Lake Tahoe Airport** (IATA: TVL, ICAO: KTVL) is a medium airport in South Lake Tahoe, California, United States. It has one runway, 8,541 ft (2,603 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TVL / KTVL
- FAA: TVL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
- Elevation: 6,268 ft / 1,911 m
- Coordinates: 38.8939, -119.9950
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,541 ft / 2,603 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.cityofslt.us/index.aspx?nid=182
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6477937
- Weather station: KTVL
- Ident: KTVL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 8,541 ft / 2,603 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 193° / 013° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05416AD.PDF

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Tahoe Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tahoe-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,541 ft / 2,603 m | #2,036 of 29,858 | #455 in North America | #338 in US |
| Elevation | 6,268 ft / 1,911 m | #882 of 43,403 | #447 in North America | #325 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 124.725 |
| CNTR | OAKLAND CNTR | 127.950 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.850 |
| RDO | RENO RDO | 122.250 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [CSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcxp.md) Carson Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [TKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktrk.md) Truckee Tahoe Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [RNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krno.md) Reno Tahoe International Airport · 44 mi / 70 km
- [MHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmhr.md) Sacramento Mather Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [MCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmcc.md) McClellan Airfield · 77 mi / 124 km
- [NFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfl.md) Fallon Naval Air Station · 78 mi / 126 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/ktvl/data