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KO22 · Columbia Airport

ICAO · US · 28 NTSB events

ID KO22 FAA O22 Elev 2,118 ft Lat 38° 1.82' N Lon 120° 24.90' 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

8 runway ends on file. Longest: 4,673 ft. Max gradient: 1.01% (noticeable slope — affects performance)

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
17 190° 4,673 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 1.01%
35 010° 4,673 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 1.01%
11 134° 2,607 ft 50 ft TURF-G No 0.88%
29 314° 2,607 ft 50 ft TURF-G No 0.88%
H1 — 100 ft 100 ft Asphalt No —
H1 — 100 ft 100 ft Asphalt No —
H2 — 78 ft 78 ft Asphalt No —
H2 — 78 ft 78 ft Asphalt No —

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 3 124.650
  • CNTR OAKLAND CNTR 126.850
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.975

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KO22 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 16 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RYS 17 & 35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RYS 17 & 35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RYS 17 & 35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MIRL RY 17/35 & REIL RYS 17 & 35 - CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (16 sentences)
  • ·CALFIRE AIR TANKER OPRS FM ARPT DRG FIRE SEASON.
  • ·LANDING FEE FOR ALL COMMERCIAL OPERATORS REGARDLESS OF SIZE & CORPORATE ACFT OVER 12500 LBS GROSS LANDING WEIGHT.
  • ·HEL PRKNG AREA 300 FT BY 120 FT (4 POSITIONS).
  • ·AVOID FLIGHTS OVER COLUMBIA STATE PARK NE OF ARPT, AND HWY 49 BRIDGE 5 NM SW OF ARPT & VICINITY.
  • ·FOR CD CTC NORCAL APCH AT 916-361-0516.
  • ·VARYING WIND DIRECTION & VELOCITY MAY BE ENCOUNTERED AT MID POINT OF RY 17/35 DUE TO TERRAIN FEATURES & WIND FLOW PATTERNS.
  • ·RY 11 DEPS PROHIBITED DUE TO CONFLICT WITH MAIN RY.
  • ·TURF TWY NORTH SIDE OF RY 11/29 NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE NOV - MAR RY 29 NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE DURING WINTER MONTHS NOV THROUGH MAR.
  • ·ALL JET ACFT ARE REQUESTED TO LAND RY 35 & DEPART RY 17 WIND & WEATHER PERMITTING.
  • ·RY END SAFETY AREAS NSTD LENGTH; RY 17 210 FT; RY 35 300 FT.
  • ·RY 35 VASI UNUSABLE BYD 5 DEG LEFT AND RIGHT OF RY CNTRLN.
  • ·APCH RATIO FM DSPLCD THLD 31:1.
  • ·APCH RATIO FM DSPLCD THLD 37:1.
  • ·ARPT HAS TWO ROTG BCNS; ONE ON THE ARPT AND ONE 6500' SE THR RWY 35.
  • ·VASI RY 17 & RY 35 OPER CONTINUOUSLY.
  • ·TPA RWY 11/29 800 FT AGL.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

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NTSB events

28 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

28

since 1982

Fatal

5

17.9% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

7

≈ 0.7/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 82,250 ops in 1994

2024 total

45,657

10-yr total

443,822

2024 mix

AC/AT 4% · GA 96% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

15.8

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

2.82

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Loss of control 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Other 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

All time · n=28

  • Other 5
  • Engine failure / power loss 5
  • Loss of control 5
  • Runway excursion 3
  • Stall / spin 3
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • 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
2025-01-23 Cessna 172K · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2022-09-05 Rutan Varieze · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2020-02-22 Aviat A1 · Weather · VMC · day →
2020-02-05 Cessna 140 · Other · VMC · dusk →
2017-06-09 Beech 95 C55 · CFIT · day →
2017-05-09 Cessna A185 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2016-07-27 Cessna 310B · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2014-01-27 Beech C90 · Hard landing · VMC · night →
2011-07-05 Stinson 108-2 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2010-05-20 Wildman RV6-A · Other · VMC · day →
2010-04-07 Cessna 170B · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2009-06-11 Bellanca 14-19 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2008-09-13 Cessna 152 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2008-04-15 Cessna 150L · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2006-05-20 Cessna A185F · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2006-05-03 Piper PA-28-181 · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
2004-05-31 Piper PA-28R-180 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2004-03-06 Cessna 182E · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2002-06-09 Cessna 180 · Weather · VMC · day →
1996-05-19 Boeing-Brown E75NL · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1995-07-12 Cessna 170 · Other · VMC · day →
1995-07-09 Luscombe 8E · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1994-05-13 Maule M-5-235C · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1993-09-26 Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1993-07-06 Piper PA-28-181 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1993-01-31 Piper PA-31 · Other · VMC · night →
1992-09-17 Luscombe 8A · Other · VMC · day →
1989-08-26 Piper PA-18-150 · Runway excursion · 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
Kenneth Sebastian Cobb Columbia CA 0 nm
Robert Alan Davids San Andreas CA 16 nm
Scott Richard Siemiller Winton CA 40 nm
Michael Bruce Traud Mather CA 51 nm
Robert Frankovich Sacramento CA 59 nm
Joshua Beckham Mcclellan CA 60 nm
Marc Nelson Ballif Mcclellen CA 60 nm
John Erich Sawatzky Oakley CA 61 nm
Mark William Montague Auburn CA 61 nm
Ashley Noel Snider Lincoln CA 65 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
Kenneth Sebastian Cobb Columbia CA 0 nm
Parker Elliott Osborne Columbia CA 0 nm
Willard Ray Gibbons Sonora CA 3 nm
John Vernon Pehrson Jr Sonora CA 3 nm
Donald James Stenger Sonora CA 3 nm
Jeremy Seth Knowles Sonora CA 3 nm
Shane Douglas Roberson Sonora CA 3 nm
Joshua Ryan Brewer Sonora CA 3 nm
Shea Thomas Firth Sonora CA 3 nm
Michael John Cano Vallecito 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
Peter Louis Gookin Columbia CA 0 nm
Bryan Kevin Locke Columbia CA 0 nm
Mark Travis Schnell Columbia CA 0 nm
Lloyd David Douglass Columbia CA 0 nm
Raymond James Woods Jr Columbia CA 0 nm
Donald James Stenger Sonora CA 3 nm
Renner Lee Brewer Jr Sonora CA 3 nm
Nathan King Taylor Sonora CA 3 nm
Thomas Ryan Hiemstra Sonora CA 3 nm
Joshua Ryan Brewer Sonora CA 3 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Cutting Edge Avionics
San Andreas, CA
 13 nm
Catto Propellers
Jackson, CA
 28 nm
Stockton Propeller, Inc
Stockton, CA
 39 nm
Quality Aero Maintenance
Acampo, CA
 41 nm
Elite Air Interiors
Mather, CA
 53 nm
Axcess Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Mcclellan, CA
 60 nm
Accurate Aero
Minden, NV
 66 nm
The Avionics Specialist, Inc.
Lincoln, CA
 68 nm
Davis Air Repair, Inc.
Davis, CA
 71 nm
Chaparral Avionics, Inc
Carson City, NV
 77 nm

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