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KDVO · Marin County Airport - Gnoss Field

ICAO · US · 15 NTSB events

ID KDVO FAA DVO Elev 2 ft Lat 38° 8.62' N Lon 122° 33.36' W Zulu …

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Aerial view

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Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,303 ft. Max gradient: 0.02%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
13 148° 3,303 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.02%
31 328° 3,303 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.02%

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).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 120.675
  • ARTC OAKLAND CNTR 127.800
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 123.075

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 3 matched · 23 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13–31: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 10–28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13–31: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 10–28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (3)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13–31: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 13–31: H3303X75 (ASPH) S–26 MIRL RWY 13: PAPI(P2R)—GA 3.…

  • Airport attended 1600–0100Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1600–0100Z‡.

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL Rwy 10–28. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MIRL Rwy 10–28—CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (23 sentences)
  • ·S4 FUEL 100LL, JET A OX 1, 2
  • ·Noise sensitive area SE of arpt.
  • ·Avoid straight–out departures on Rwy 13 and straight–in ldgs on Rwy 31.
  • ·Jet and turbine acft land Rwy 13 depart Rwy 31 as wind and traffic permit.
  • ·Helicopters apch from E and depart to E, remain N of radio towers.
  • ·Rwy 13 has paved 125´ overrun.
  • ·Mountains South and West.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 415-897-1754
  • ·AWOS–3P 120.675 (415) 897–2236.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 123.075 ®OAKLAND CENTER APP/DEP CON 127.8 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Oakland ARTCC at 510-745-3380.
  • ·SCAGGS ISLAND (VL) (H) VORTACW 112.1 SGD Chan 58 N38º10.76´ W122º22.39´ 239º 9.0 NM to fld. 5/17E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 064º–068º byd 40 NM 082º–087º byd 40 NM 098º–112º byd 40 NM blo 8,000´ 098º–112º byd 74 NM 190º–239º byd 40 NM 244º–257º byd 40 NM 285º–303º byd 40 NM 310º–331º byd 40 NM 336º–045º byd 40 NM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HELIPAD H1: H60X60 (CONC) HELIPORT REMARKS: Approach 050º/230º magnetic.
  • ·NUT TREE (See VACAVILLE on page 307) OAKDALE (O27) 3 SE UTC–8(–7DT) N37º45.38´ W120º48.01´ 237 B NOTAM FILE RIU RWY 10–28: H3013X75 (ASPH) S–20 MIRL 0.4% up SE RWY 10: REIL.
  • ·VASI(V2L)—GA 2.5º TCH 26´.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 25´.
  • ·REIL Rwy 10 and Rwy 28, VASI Rwy 10, PAPI Rwy 28 opr consly.
  • ·Nights on call 1–800–868–8750.
  • ·Apron on south side of rwy damaged and unusable.
  • ·Rwy 28 apch rwy safety area bisected by an irrigation canal 230 ft from the rwy end.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: (209) 845-3640
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 ®NORCAL APP/DEP CON 125.1 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc NorCal Apch at 916-361-0516.
  • ·MODESTO (VH) (DH) VOR/DME 114.6 MOD Chan 93 N37º37.64´ W120º57.47´ 027º 10.8 NM to fld. 93/17E.
  • ·Aerobatic acft wi an area defined as .5 NM rds of MOD 032028 (7.5 NM SW 022), blo 4800´, avoidance advised dly SR–SS VOR unusable: 005º–009º byd 40 NM 028º–083º byd 40 NM 092º–097º byd 40 NM 112º–121º byd 40 NM 130º–145º byd 40 NM blo 4,000´ 130º–145º byd 62 NM 146º–156º byd 40 NM 170º–185º byd 40 NM 186º–196º byd 40 NM blo 5,000´ 186º–196º byd 49 NM 197º–338º byd 40 NM SAN FRANCISCO L–2F, 3A, A IAP SAN FRANCISCO L–2F, 3B IAP SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

O56

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FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

15 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

16

since 1982

Fatal

2

12.5% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

4

≈ 0.4/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 135,500 ops in 2005

2024 total

85,980

10-yr total

893,460

2024 mix

AC/AT 2% · GA 97% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

4.5

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.56

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Loss of control 2
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Hard landing 1

All time · n=15

  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Loss of control 3
  • Other 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Runway excursion 1
  • Weather · spatial dis / IMC 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2009-04-24 SIAI-MARCHETTI SM 1019 · Other · VMC · day →
2007-06-10 Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 · Other · VMC · day →
2026-07-07 Luscombe 8A · Engine failure · day →
2024-08-31 Aero Commander 200D · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2023-10-26 VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2023-06-30 Cessna 172S · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2019-08-01 Cessna P210 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2015-06-28 Piper PA 28-180 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2014-08-18 Beech V35B · CFIT · night →
2014-05-27 Piper PA28R - 201T · Loss of control · day →
2012-07-14 LOFLIN RV-7A · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2011-02-10 Aeronca 7AC · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2003-09-02 Mooney M20K · Weather IMC · IMC · dawn →
2002-02-07 Cessna 525A · Runway excursion · VMC · dusk →
2000-09-11 Cessna 172L · Weather · 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 28 nm
Mark Pollard Walnut Creek CA 28 nm
Michael Healey Foster City CA 38 nm
Evan Paraskevopoulos Hayward CA 38 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 40 nm
James Courtney Higgins San Carlos CA 41 nm
R Rohlfing San Carlos CA 41 nm
John Erich Sawatzky Oakley CA 42 nm
Jonathan Baror Davis CA 46 nm
Robert Frankovich Sacramento CA 57 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
Brian Colin Dalrymple Novato CA 4 nm
Kent James Farney Novato CA 4 nm
William George Faust Novato CA 4 nm
Christine Mary Danscuk Novato CA 4 nm
John Charles Ward Novato CA 4 nm
Patrick Henry Scanlon Novato CA 4 nm
Colin Trevor Medalie Novato CA 4 nm
Brent James Malliet Novato CA 4 nm
Jake Ryan Latislaw Novato CA 4 nm
Anna Rose Higginbotham Novato CA 4 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
John Charles Ward Novato CA 4 nm
Steven Carl Counselman Novato CA 4 nm
John Geoffrey Alioto Novato CA 4 nm
Gregory Keith Atamaniuk Novato CA 4 nm
Mark Jon Brommer Novato CA 4 nm
Gary Brent Collins Novato CA 4 nm
John Clifford Dal Bon Novato CA 4 nm
Paul Michael Hartmann Novato CA 4 nm
Harley Kingston Irish Novato CA 4 nm
Patrick Joseph Kavanaugh Novato CA 4 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
 0 nm
PropJet 210 Aviation, Inc.
Windsor, CA
 25 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
 36 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
 36 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
 36 nm
Davis Air Repair, Inc.
Davis, CA
 43 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
 46 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Oakland, CA
Fremont, CA
 51 nm
Lake Aero Styling & Repair
Lakeport, CA
 53 nm
LAC Avionics, Inc.
San Jose, CA
 56 nm

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