News

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.

Going Skiing at Northstar? Ditch the car at the airport and catch the Northstar shuttle.  Avoid the parking lot crowds and get dropped off curbside. Its FREE! Click heading for details.

The Airport District is accepting proposals from qualified Community Non-Profits for approximately 4,000 square feet of airport warehouse commercial rental space.  Click heading for qualifying and application details.

The Sierra Sun ran a recent "Learning to Fly" article about KTRK based pilot Tom Meadows taking a local high school student up for her first flight.  This flight marked Tom's 1,500th flight with a Young Eagle!  Click heading for a link to the full story.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District is recruiting for a Director of Finance and Administration position to fill a vacancy scheduled to open due to an upcoming retirement.  Click heading for more info.

Congratulations go out to KTRK's Aviation & Community Services Manager Marc Lamb!  Mr. Lamb earned his American Association of Airport Executives C.M. certification.  Click heading for full story.

Over 650 kids of all ages stopped by KTRK on Saturday, December 8 to watch Santa, Mrs Claus and their Elves fly in on Reindeer-1, piloted by Rob Lober of AirTahoe.com.  Thanks to all the volunteers and staff that made this fun annual event possible! 

Now that snowy, icy and wet winter weather has arrived in the Sierra, how do Ops & Maintenance staff assess, and share, RUNWAY CONDITION information with airport users? Click heading to find out more and see the FAA's RCAM chart.

Operations & Maintenance staff have identified safety and operational needs that require tenants to be present for the entire operating cycle of a hangar door.  Hangar rows Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo and Kilo are being converted with new momentary switch control upgrades. Click heading for more info.

Pilots, hangar tenants, on-field business operators and the general public are all invited!  Come learn about snow removal operations and priorities at KTRK and give yourfeedback.  Chris Smallcomb from the Reno NWS will be speaking also at the Nov 8th meeting. Click heading for more info and link to the Vimeo video clip of the meeting.

Truckee Tahoe Airport District announces its proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal of 8.19% for FAA funded contracts/agreements for fiscal years 2019 through 2021.  Click heading for more info.