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New Flight Procedures Development Program launching this summer!  The Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD) will soon propose new draft flight procedures that seek to maximize pilot safety and efficiency, while reducing impacts on our Truckee Tahoe community.  Click the post heading for more information, including a link the the Flight Procedures website.

At approximately 10:46 AM, a single engine Cirrus SR20, FAA identification number N89423, crashed 1.16 nautical miles south of the airport near Lahontan, Placer County, California. Two occupants were aboard the aircraft at the time of the incident. One pilot was fatally injured and died at the scene. The other pilot occupant was transported approximately 10 minutes after the incident by EMS helicopter to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada and was reported to be in stable condition. Click post heading for more information. 

CANCELED - A special meeting of the Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors will be held via Zoom from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The topic of the meeting is the 2022 Budget Workshop. The public is invited to join and participate.  To see the agenda, or for Zoom login information please visit ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/board

"Project Graduation" kicked off their surprise safe and sober graduation festivities at the Truckee Tahoe Airport with just over 100 local Truckee High School 2021 graduates enjoying music, dancing, airplane fly overs and a fireworks show!  After the fireworks the graduates headed to the Riverview Sports Park for more fun night-long celebrations! Click on post heading for info and pics!

You're invited!  Join our Airport Community Team. ACT is a monthly virtual public forum established to discuss items of public interest and provide information about Truckee Tahoe Airport.  ACT is meant to be a free flow of ideas and information between the District, airport users, and the general public. You can participate in just one meeting if the topic interests you, or join us every month!   ACT meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m.  The June 9, 2021 topic is "Traffic Expectations for Summer 2021 & Community Engagement."  To sign up and be notified of meetings and the planned topic, please visit ➤ Airport Community Team  Click on post heading for more info.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District is seeking Request for Proposals (RFPs) from interested parties in exploring options and opportunities to lease airport property for public or private non-aeronautical development.  Approximately 12 acres of District property fronting on Soaring Way is to be considered.  Click on post heading for more information 

KTRK's summer air traffic control tower hours have been extended 06/01/2021 - 09/30/2021,  07:00 - 20:00 local.
TOWER/CTAF: 120.575 Mhz / AWOS: 118.0 Mhz / UNICOM-FBO: 122.95 Mhz / GROUND: 118.3 (when Tower is in operation) / Oakland Center: 127.95 Mhz  

KTRK is the first general aviation airport in the region to make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available for jet, turbine and diesel powered aircraft, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and aligning with the airport’s sustainability goals. Click the post heading for the full story.

Aircraft non-Injury Incident reported at KTRK, Date: 5.12.2021, Time: 1:55 p.m., Aircraft: Single Engine TECNAM P2010, Pilot: 1, Passenger: 1, Runway: 20, Accident occurred on landing, Fire & Law Enforcement response teams have been released, Runway 2-20 remains closed as of 2:30 p.m., Runway 11-29 is open, FAA and NTSB have been notified. Click post heading for more info.

When you spend time hiking and biking in the Truckee Tahoe area, you will certainly cross plenty of dirt roads. Many help us access backcountry areas for recreation, fire safety management, or planned logging. Others are just left over from past uses and they are causing environmental problems.  The Truckee River Watershed Council and your Truckee Tahoe Airport have partnered in a Waddle Ranch environmental restoration project for 2021 at East Martis Creek.  Click post heading for the full story.  

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District is requesting proposals from qualified vendors for a Compensation & Classification Study.  Submissions will be accepted thru 5 p.m., Monday, May 31, 2021.  For more information and to see the official RFP please visit our "Doing Business" page at ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/doing-business

Congratulations go out to Lt. Col. Ken Aronson who is the new commander of the Tahoe-Truckee Civil Air Patrol Bi-State Composite Squadron based at KTRK.  "Kommander Ken" is taking over the controls from outgoing commander Major Pat McDonough, M.D.  The KTRK staff thank Pat for a great turn at leading the program and wish him well in his future endeavors.  For contact info and the dates and times of Squadron and Youth Cadet meetings, please visit: https://truckeetahoeairport.com/guide/flight-training-rides.