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CA35 · San Rafael Airport

ICAO · US · 10 NTSB events

ID CA35 Elev 5 ft Lat 38° 1.01' N Lon 122° 31.26' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,700 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
04 — 2,700 ft 30 ft ASPH-F Yes —
22 315.4° 2,700 ft 30 ft ASPH-F Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 3 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (3 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.
  • ·EMAIL: [email protected] FAA APPROVED STD FIXTURES & THR LGTS; EACH SIDE THR.
  • ·FOR FUEL CALL 415-472-7700.

Field profile

Use

Private

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

10 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

10

since 1982

Fatal

1

10.0% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

All time · n=10

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Ground collision 1
  • Midair / near-midair 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Runway excursion 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2023-07-08 Cessna 172N · Weather · VMC · night →
2014-12-20 FERDON THORP T 18 · CFIT · day →
2012-11-20 Cessna 210 · Engine failure · day →
2011-10-13 SPINK ROBERT M PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2004-08-30 Rockwell 112TCA · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2003-10-03 Piper PA-28-180 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1986-12-06 Cessna 182Q · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1986-06-20 Beech A-36TC · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1986-04-23 Cessna,Beech 195A,35 · Midair / near-midair · day →
1983-05-15 Beech 35P · Ground collision · VMC · day →

Designees in CA

CFI Flight Instructors 5,776 A&P Mechanics 22,561 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 139 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 20 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 45 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 66 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 126 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 38 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 243 FBO Fixed Base Operators 209 Clubs Flying Clubs 82 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 56 EAA EAA Chapters 63

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Terence Wilson Alameda CA 21 nm
Mark Pollard Walnut Creek CA 24 nm
Michael Healey Foster City CA 30 nm
Evan Paraskevopoulos Hayward CA 31 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 32 nm
James Courtney Higgins San Carlos CA 33 nm
R Rohlfing San Carlos CA 33 nm
John Erich Sawatzky Oakley CA 39 nm
Jonathan Baror Davis CA 49 nm
Brian Petschauer Burbank CA 50 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
David Spencer Mitchell San Rafael CA 2 nm
Joseph Antonio Belli San Rafael CA 2 nm
Frederick Benjamin Casini San Rafael CA 2 nm
Henric Amadeus Colenbrander San Rafael CA 2 nm
Nicole Irene Malherbe San Rafael CA 2 nm
Iddo Shmuel Yoshpe San Rafael CA 2 nm
Joseph K Ford Jr San Rafael CA 2 nm
Jared Ingersoll Dowell San Rafael CA 2 nm
Peter Fergus Shenk San Rafael CA 2 nm
Nathan Louis Wilson San Rafael CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Joseph Robert Collins San Rafael CA 2 nm
Keith Walter Ellenberger San Rafael CA 2 nm
Charles Renoldi Clotere San Rafael CA 2 nm
Kevin Michael Pollitt San Rafael CA 2 nm
Kevin Robert Lent San Rafael CA 2 nm
Arch Hamilton Rowan San Rafael CA 2 nm
Richard M Wong San Rafael CA 2 nm
Brian Edward Carver San Rafael CA 2 nm
Steven Michael Sullivan San Rafael CA 2 nm
Andres Minoza Amil Iii San Rafael CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Direct Avionics
Novato, CA
 8 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
 29 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
 29 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
 29 nm
PropJet 210 Aviation, Inc.
Windsor, CA
 32 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
 39 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Oakland, CA
Fremont, CA
 44 nm
Davis Air Repair, Inc.
Davis, CA
 46 nm
LAC Avionics, Inc.
San Jose, CA
 49 nm
Quality Aero Maintenance
Acampo, CA
 60 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.