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KPVF · Placerville Airport

ICAO · US · 33 NTSB events

ID KPVF FAA PVF Elev 2,585 ft Lat 38° 43.45' N Lon 120° 45.18' W Zulu …

Live conditions

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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: 3,914 ft. Max gradient: 0.04%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
05 62.9° 3,914 ft 76 ft ASP Yes 0.04%
23 242.9° 3,914 ft 76 ft ASP Yes 0.04%

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

  • A/D NORCAL APP/DEP 127.400
  • RDO RANCHO RDO 115.500
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 3 matched · 16 not yet translated

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

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate VASI Rwy 05; PAPI Rwy 23; MIRL Rwy 05–23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate VASI Rwy 05; PAPI Rwy 23; MIRL Rwy 05–23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (3)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 05–23: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 05–23: H3914X76 (ASPH) S–26 MIRL RWY 05: VASI(V4L)—GA 3.…

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate VASI Rwy 05; PAPI Rwy 23; MIRL Rwy 05–23. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT VASI Rwy 05; PAPI Rwy 23; MIRL Rwy 05–23—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Deer on and invof rwy especially ngts.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (16 sentences)
  • ·RWY 23: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.75º TCH 28´.
  • ·Noise abatement procedures no mid–field departures, no turns W or N prior to 3400 MSL or clear of noise sensitive area.
  • ·Rwy 23 after tkf make 10º left turn at end of rwy to avoid noise sensitive residential areas.
  • ·Helipad located on N side of Rwy 05 end, tfc pat and noise abatement procedures apply.
  • ·Attended Mon–Sat 1600–0100Z‡. 100LL fuel avbl 24 hrs by credit card.
  • ·Jet–A full svc truck Tue–Sat 1600–2000Z‡ and 2100–0100Z‡.
  • ·PPR for touch and go ldgs for acft over 12,500 pounds.
  • ·Trees 750´ north Rwy 05–23 2697´ MSL (110´ AGL) not lgtd.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 530-622-0459
  • ·AWOS–3 128.125 (530) 622–5698.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 HANGTOWN RCO 122.1R 115.5T (RANCHO MURIETA RADIO) ®NORCAL APP/DEP CON 127.4 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc NorCal Apch at 916-361-6874.
  • ·HANGTOWN (L) (L) VOR/DME 115.5 HNW Chan 102 N38º43.48´ W120º44.96´ at fld. 2604/17E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 200º–260º byd 15 NM blo 9,500´ 320º–350º byd 10 NM blo 6,000´ 320º–350º byd 25 NM blo 14,500´ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HELIPAD H1: H50X50 (CONC) HELIPORT REMARKS: Helipad parking at NE end of rwy.
  • ·POGGI N32º36.62´ W116º58.75´ NOTAM FILE SDM.
  • ·(VL) (H) VORTACW 116.45 PGY Chan 111(Y) 167º 2.3 NM to Brown Fld Muni. 576/14E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 000º–020º byd 10 NM 035º–070º byd 25 NM 070º–240º byd 10 NM 231º–249º byd 40 NM 341º–078º byd 40 NM TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 000º–020º byd 10 NM 035º–070º byd 25 NM 070º–240º byd 10 NM DME unusable: 000º–020º byd 10 NM 035º–070º byd 25 NM 070º–240º byd 10 NM POINT ARENA N38º57.28´ W123º44.44´ RCO 122.6 (OAKLAND RADIO) SAN FRANCISCO L–3A IAP LOS ANGELES L–4H SAN FRANCISCO L–2G SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · PVF

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

33 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

33

since 1982

Fatal

3

9.1% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 91,006 ops in 1991

2024 total

59,400

10-yr total

594,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 2% · GA 97% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

10.1

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.92

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Loss of control 3
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

All time · n=33

  • Other 10
  • Engine failure / power loss 5
  • Loss of control 5
  • Stall / spin 3
  • Controlled flight into terrain 3
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 2
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2011-07-11 DOVA AIRCRAFT SRO DV-1 SKYLARK · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2008-01-11 Piper PA-24-250 · Runway excursion · VMC · night →
2004-01-29 Piper PA-28-161 · Under/overshoot · night-moonlit →
2003-12-08 Iniziative Industriali Italian Sky Arrow 650 TC · Stall / spin · VMC · dawn →
2025-04-19 Cessna 150 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2024-12-19 Piper PA-28RT-201T · CFIT · VMC · day →
2022-02-18 AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL11C-100 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2019-07-30 Cessna 177 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2019-03-31 Cessna 172 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2016-10-24 AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C · Loss of control · day →
2015-10-23 MCPHERSON JOHN G PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2013-12-01 Beech G35 · Birdstrike · VMC · day →
2009-06-13 Howard LONG EZ · Other · day →
2008-10-10 Cessna 210 · Engine failure · day →
2007-09-11 Mooney M20D · Other · VMC · day →
2004-10-14 Cessna 182RG · Other · day →
2004-03-18 Globe GC-1B · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2002-06-04 Cessna 172M · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2001-07-24 Cessna 172M · CFIT · VMC · night →
1997-09-12 NEWBERG PL-4A · Weather · VMC · day →
1997-07-18 Mooney M20J · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1996-04-08 Cessna 185F · Other · VMC · day →
1995-09-28 Piper PA-38-112 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1990-10-20 Cessna 172L · Other · VMC · day →
1989-12-16 Piper PA-12 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-09-08 CLATTI FOCKE-WULF-190 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-07-25 Piper PA-22 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1989-05-19 Cessna 140 · Loss of control · day →
1989-01-28 EAA WAG-AERO SPORT · Other · VMC · day →
1988-07-30 Piper PA-28-161 · Other · VMC · day →
1988-03-13 Beech C23 · Other · VMC · night →
1988-01-26 Cessna 150L · Engine failure · day →
1987-11-10 Cessna 172E · Weather · 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
Mark William Montague Auburn CA 18 nm
Ashley Noel Snider Lincoln CA 27 nm
Michael Bruce Traud Mather CA 27 nm
Joshua Beckham Mcclellan CA 31 nm
Marc Nelson Ballif Mcclellen CA 31 nm
Robert Alan Davids San Andreas CA 32 nm
Robert Frankovich Sacramento CA 35 nm
Kenneth Sebastian Cobb Columbia CA 45 nm
David Michael Tranquilla Truckee CA 46 nm
Howard William Wolvington Genoa NV 47 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
Robert Edward Akin Placerville CA 2 nm
Dennis Lee Janca Placerville CA 2 nm
Charles Henry Knoblauch Placerville CA 2 nm
Mark Anthony Kozy Placerville CA 2 nm
Harold Edwin Stephens Placerville CA 2 nm
Robert Charles Vance Placerville CA 2 nm
Cinda Ann Weber Placerville CA 2 nm
Michael Sean Fedoryk Placerville CA 2 nm
Kim Louise Purcell Placerville CA 2 nm
Dustin Mitchell Jones Placerville 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
Robert Edward Akin Placerville CA 2 nm
Rick King Atkins Placerville CA 2 nm
Joseph Henry Fields Placerville CA 2 nm
Mark Stephen Kirkpatrick Placerville CA 2 nm
Mark Anthony Kozy Placerville CA 2 nm
Stephen James Loree Placerville CA 2 nm
Timothy John Akin Placerville CA 2 nm
Michael Sean Fedoryk Placerville CA 2 nm
Jesse James Lawson Placerville CA 2 nm
Richard Lee Fleischer Placerville 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
Catto Propellers
Jackson, CA
 21 nm
Elite Air Interiors
Mather, CA
 28 nm
The Avionics Specialist, Inc.
Lincoln, CA
 30 nm
Axcess Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Mcclellan, CA
 30 nm
Cutting Edge Avionics
San Andreas, CA
 35 nm
Quality Aero Maintenance
Acampo, CA
 39 nm
Accurate Aero
Minden, NV
 49 nm
Stockton Propeller, Inc
Stockton, CA
 50 nm
Davis Air Repair, Inc.
Davis, CA
 50 nm
Chaparral Avionics, Inc
Carson City, NV
 55 nm

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