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A truck load of tasty Girl Scout Cookies have arrived at KTRK! Support the over 20 local Girl Scout Troops in the Truckee & Northshore area and buy your Girl Scout cookies. Your purchase supports a great organization that builds tomorrow's leaders!  Your Truckee Tahoe Airport District provides free storage space for many local non-profits.

Thanks to all the that attended our great Pilot Safety Speaker Series on Wed. 01/30.  A special shout out of appreciation goes to the aviation professionals that lead some great conversations; Dan Ramirez XO Jet Senior VP for Safety, Gordon Mills CFI and owner of Alpine Aviation out of Grass Valley, and to our fantastic local CFI's who sat on the Q&A panel, Sarah Halas, Kevin Sloane, Chris Barbera, Kevin Quinn and Tom Meadows! 

KTRK is reporting a non-injury aircraft incident that occurred at approximately 14:30 local on Tuesday 1/29/2019.  Click heading for full story and picture gallery.

After hearing from District constituents in the Russell Valley area of Truckee about airplanes circling overhead, KTRK Aviation and Community Services Noise Department staff held a meeting with local Certified Flight Instructors (CFI’s) to discuss, among other things, alternative areas to practice flight maneuvers. Click heading for full story and pictures. 

Your Tahoe Truckee Airport District unveiled its new Cessna Turbo-diesel Skyhawk JT-A C-172 at last night's board meeting. Click on heading for more info and to see pics.

The Airport District is studying the possibility of implementing ADS-B at KTRK.  Click the heading to check out our 2 minute video explaining ADS-B, and take the survey. Your opinion matters!            

A Citation X (Cessna 750) executive jet parked on the ramp during Tuesday night's blizzard conditions ended up on its tail from heavy snows and high winds.  The airport does not have hangars large enough for this size aircraft.  The photos went viral on social media and were covered in both the National and International press.  Click heading to see the pictures.

The aviation industry boasts many career opportunities both in Truckee and throughout the world. We're on a mission to introduce aviation as a career possibility to all high school and college students. Click heading for more info.

Marines from Southern California will be conducting helicopter high-altitude, mountain, winter, and night training exercises in our region from January 11th -13th.  Click heading for more info.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District seeks a creative agency to design and implement a sustainable communications program that accurately represents to the community the District’s ongoing activities, initiatives, services and partnerships.  Click heading for link to the RFP document.

Congratulations go out to KTRK's Operations & Maintenance Asst. Supervisor Sarah Person who received her AAAE ACE accreditation! Click heading for the full story.

Your Truckee Tahoe Airport District maintains three Obstruction Beacons around Truckee's Martis Valley: Dry Lake, Alder Hill, and Bald Mtn. Airport staff is working with local solar contractors and Liberty Utilities to convert the beacon tower to solar power. Click on heading for more details.