News

Construction has begun on the heliport project at Care Flight operations on the west side of the airfield.  Meyers Earthwork is the contractor on the $382,500 FAA Airport Improvement Project. Vehicle traffic to and from hangar rows Lima, Mike, November and Papa will be diverted to the south side of the warehouse building in front of the Makerspace facility. Click post heading for the full story and pictures.

The top of the TRK air traffic control tower that is! The Airport District Board of Directors and staff would like to thank retiring MidWest ATC Air Traffic Manager Karin Hardiman, for her amazing time at the helm of the TRK tower. Karin was instrumental in starting the tower operations from literally the ground up in early 2017. Click post heading for the full story.

If you are a tenant of the Truckee Tahoe Airport District and you, or your business has been financially impacted as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic, you may request a rent deferral. The request must be submitted by April 30, 2020 for rents owing between March 1, 2020 and April 1, 2020, or within 7 days of the date rent is due for rents owing after April 1, 2020. Please click on this post heading for more info and links to documents.

The Nevada Air Guard "High Rollers" will have a C-130 flyover of area hospitals beginning at noon on Tuesday, 4/28/2020 to recognize the work medical teams and all front-line responders are doing battling COVID-19.  The C-130 is scheduled to fly over Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee at 12:26pm.  Click on the post heading for the route map and more info.

The Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9am ACAT meeting will be held via teleconference.  Additional information will be posted on the ACAT Agenda by 5pm on Friday, May 1, 2020 at ➤  ACAT Meeting Agenda
For additional information contact Hardy Bullock, Director of Aviation & Community Services at Hardy.Bullock@TruckeeTahoeAirport.com.

Truckee Tahoe Air Show & Family Festival Messaging for COVID-19 Pandemic. The 2020 Truckee Tahoe Air Show & Family Festival scheduled for Saturday, July 11 is being postponed. The Air Show Committee is considering a mid-September 2020 date, and a decision will be made no later than the end of June. Click post heading for more details.

The next Truckee Tahoe Airport District virtual board meeting will be on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 4:30pm.  The public is invited to watch the meeting online and public comment is encouraged.  Click the post heading above for additional information.

If you happen to see heavy equipment west of parallel-taxiway Golf and north of Runway 11-29 during the next few weeks, know that the Airport District (as part of its long-term Lands Management Plan) is clearing scrub for both wildfire prevention and wildlife hazard management. Click post heading for the full story and pictures.

The Truckee Tahoe Workforce Housing Agency will be holding a virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 8:30am.

Click here to see the agenda and meeting details
➤ TTWHA Virtual Meeting Agenda  

A dirt landing strip known as "Airport Flats" was used as early as the 1930's by mail delivery aircraft traveling over Donner Summit. Click heading for link to full story.

Reconstruct Taxiway Alpha
April 6, 2020 - Plans Available
April 16, 2020 - Pre Bid Meeting Terminal Building 10:00am
April 30, 2020 - Bids due by 1:00pm local
For more information click heading

The public use Community Rooms in the airport's terminal building are temporarily closed to all users. The Truckee Tahoe Airport District is communicating with our public health agencies handling the COVID-19 response.  When groups of people are again permitted to gather, the airport district will make the rooms again available per the reservations schedule.