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Walk into the Truckee Tahoe Airport’s main terminal building and you’ll immediately notice the captivating, eclectic and inspiring artwork hanging on its walls.  “Art At The Airport”, is a program developed by artist and Truckee resident Carole Sesko to showcase amazing local artistic talent. The Fall-Winter Art Show (October 16 2023 - January 16, 2024) includes works by local artists Michael Ambrose, Molly O’Mara and Rossitza Todorova.  For more info visit: Art at the Airport  

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors will hold their next board meetings on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
- The 2024 Budget Workshop (#2) will be from 1:00-3:00 pm
- The Regular Monthly Board meeting starts at 4:30 pm 
Both meetings will be in a hybrid format.  The public is invited to join and participate either in-person or online. For the Zoom links and more board info please visit ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/board

The reconstruction of Truckee Tahoe Airport's Runway 2/20 (same footprint at 4,650' x 75') is coming along with the first layers of asphalt going down this week. The $6.3M project is an FAA funded AIP Airport Improvement Project. The runway has been closed since July 24th and is scheduled to reopen mid November. All air traffic since the start of construction has been on the airport's main Runway 11/29. Mercer-Fraser Co. has been the contractor on the project.Click post heading for photos. 

US Forest Service 1,000 acre controlled underburn, ~10 miles NW of KTRK. Originally scheduled for Oct 5 - Oct 15, 2023 is being extended.  For schedule updates visit ➤  InciWeb

You're invited to join Airport GM Robb Etnyre and Director of Aviation Jeff Menasco in a virtual Airport Community Team (ACT) meeting from 6-7 pm, Wednesday, October 11, 2023.  The topics for discussion are Truckee Tahoe Airport District's new proposed Fly Safe, Fly Quiet and Hangar Revitalization incentive programs. For a pre-meeting detailed look at the discussion topics, and for the ZOOM link please click the post heading or visit ➤ ACT Meeting Info

Your Truckee Tahoe Airport District launched a new ParkMobile app-based parking program with different zones and rates for overnight and monthly vehicle parking at KTRK.  The program began Monday, August 21, 2023.  Day use parking remains free. Click post heading for more info.

Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD), one of only nine "Special Airport Districts" in California, received the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence by the Special District Leadership Foundation (SDLF) in recognition of its outstanding efforts to promote transparency and good governance. Click post heading for more info.

Air Traffic Control Tower seasonal hours of operation change Fall / Winter 07:00-18:00 local (shortened hours) begins Sunday, October 1, 2023.  After hours Tower Frequency 120.575 reverts to CTAF.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District has a issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for interested parties to manage it's "Art at the Airport" program. Sealed submittals are due by 5:00 pm Friday, November 17, 2023. For more information visit ➤ RFP  or for information on the actual program visit ➤ Art at the Airport

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors will hold their next board meetings on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
- The 2024 Budget Workshop will be from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- The Regular Monthly Board meeting starts at 4:30 pm 
Both meetings will be in a hybrid format.  The public is invited to join and participate either in-person or online. For the Zoom links and more board info please visit ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/board

This one's for the girls! The Reno High-Sierra Chapter of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots is announcing $14,000 in 2023 Scholarship Awards offered to local area women seeking aviation certificates! Apply by October 27, 2023. More info at: renohighsierra99s.org or click post heading.

Two Truckee Tahoe Airport ATC tower staff were recently recognized for their outstanding professional services.  Congratulations go out to Larry Finney who received MidWest ATC's Western Pacific Region's Air Traffic Control "Tower Manager of the Year", and Steve Ingebretson who received the award of "Air Traffic Controller of the Year!"  https://atctower.com