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The next meeting of the Truckee Tahoe Pilots Group will be at
6 pm Thursday, November 3, 2022 in the airport's terminal building community room.  Everyone is invited. Topics will include Winter Ops and snow removal and hangar & facilities access (presented by TTAD's O&M Supervisor Tim Bourque), and a presentation on Advanced RNAV Operations and Winter Flying (presented by CEO & Dir of Ops of Mountain Lion Aviation, Chris Barbera). Click post heading for more info.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly board meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. The meeting will be in a hybrid format.  The public is invited to join and participate either in-person or online. To see the agenda, Zoom link or for more info please visit ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/board

Please take notice that the Truckee Tahoe Airport District will hold a sale by competitive bidding of non-operational abandoned aircraft property on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 3:00 pm.  The sale shall take place at HangarJ01, located at 10356 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, California. Click post heading for further info.

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 (Oct 18, 2022 - Jan 17, 20232) includes works by local artists Randall Strauss, Kim Jardine Reilly and Brian Shepp. For more info visit: https://truckeetahoeairport.com/guide/art-at-the-airport.

You're invited to the next Airport Community Team (ACT) meeting on Wed., Oct 12th from 6-7pm.  Join via Zoom from the comfort of your own home.  The Truckee Tahoe Airport District has partnered with Nevada County to share an intern for 3 months.  Listen to USAF Colonel Jeff Menasco briefly describe the DOD Skillbridge program and a little bit of his background.  KTRK always strives to better serve our community, and in this case we’re helping settle a soon to be veteran and his family into Truckee. Click post heading for more info.

Effective October 01, 2022 the Truckee Tahoe Airport District has authorized Vector Airport Systems, LLC (Vector) to handle billing and payments for KTRK's Landing Fee and Overnight Parking Fee Programs for transient aircraft, on behalf of the Airport. Click post heading for more information.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.  The meeting will be in hybrid format, (in-person, or online via Zoom).  The public is invited to join and participate. To see the agenda, Zoom link or general info please visit ➤ https://truckeetahoeairport.com/administration/board

Truckee CA- The Climate Transformation Alliance (CTA) launched on July 15, 2022, with a Kickoff Gathering at Truckee Tahoe Airport.  The CTA is a regional public-private partnership of local governments, special districts, community organizations, businesses, and individuals committed to collaboration, innovation, and accountability through a governing body and shared vision for the North Tahoe-Truckee community to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. The next meeting is Friday, Oct 14, 2022. Click post heading for the full story.

The Reno High-Sierra Chapter of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots is offering $10,700 in scholarship awards to women.  Deadline to apply is Friday, October 28, 2022. Click post heading for more information.

You're invited to our next Airport Community Team (ACT) meeting via Zoom from the comfort of your own home.  The Wednesday, September 14, 6 - 7 p.m. meeting topic is a  "KTRK Flight Procedures Development Update".  The featured guest speaker is Hardy Bullock, Senior Planner with Mead & Hunt.  For more info including the Zoom link please visit ➤ ACT

As we all know, Labor Day weekend is the last busy summer holiday of the season. Typically, our area sees lots of locals, 2nd homeowners and tourists out and about enjoying Tahoe and our beautiful Sierra mountain environment and supporting our local economy! Local residents should anticipate hearing and seeing more air traffic than normal. Safety is staff and our tower ATC's #1 priority. Click post heading for pics and info.

The Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board of Directors has negotiated a contract and hired interim General Manager Robb Etnyre with a full-time three year contract effective Sept 1, 2022 through Dec 31, 2025.  The airport Board and staff welcome Robb "aboard", and look forward to working under his new leadership. Click post heading for more info.