Terminal Procedures

C83 — Byron

BYRON, CA · 3 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

Elevation 78 ft2 runwaysLongest 4,500 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgasVolume SW-2Not for navigation

1 published instrument approach: 1 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS) RWY 30 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 301BPDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

ChartAmendment
TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF
ALTERNATE MINIMUMS chart previewALTERNATE MINIMUMSPDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

C83 airport information

Control tower
No
Attendance
All all 0700-1400
ARTCC
Oakland Center
Flight service
Oakland
NOTAM facility
OAK (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
15E
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Segmented circle
Yes
Fuel
100LL avgas
Parking
Tie-downs
Activated
November 1994
Airport area
1,421 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
San Francisco
Last FAA inspection
2025-05-07

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

C83 radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF123.05
Approach123.85Norcal

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

4,500 × 100 ft12303,000 × 75 ft0523N1,000 ft
Runway layout at C83, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
12/304,500 ft100 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  30 315°TPAPI (2-box) 3.5° · right-hand circuit
05/233,000 ft75 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  05 63°Tright-hand circuit
  23 243°TPAPI (2-box) 3.5°

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where C83 is

Latitude, longitude37.8284440, -121.6258330
Elevation78 ft
From Byron2 nm S

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FAA remarks for C83

  • THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
  • ULTRALIGHT & SAILPLANE ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT.
  • PCL AVBL SS-SR. ACTVT REIL RWY 30; MIRL RWY 12/30 & 05/23 - CTAF.
  • DIRECTOR OF ARPTS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.
  • WIND TURBINES
  • RISING TERRAIN WITH NUMEROUS WINDMILLS ON RIDGES WEST OF ARPT.
  • HANGAR APRON & TIEDOWN APRON 12500 LBS MAX.
  • RY 30 CALM WIND RY.
  • 200' TOWER 5600 FEET FROM RUNWAY 05.
  • 100' TOWER 5100 FEET FROM RUNWAY 23.
  • POWER PLANT 2.7 MILES SE OF AIRPORT PRODUCING THERMAL PLUMES; AVOID OVERLFIGHT BELOW 1,500 FT AGL.
  • FOR CD CTC NORCAL APCH AT 916-361-0516.
  • FREQ UAS DRONE ACT 7.8 NM DIAM ARND FLD UP TO 8000 FT.
  • PRCHT ACT AT NW END OF ARPT.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Limited instrument coverage

Byron has a single RNAV (GPS) approach serving only one of its four runway ends. The other three ends have no published instrument approach, and there is no dedicated airport diagram. The 4,500-ft runway provides 1,500 ft more pavement than 05/23, so any operation requiring more than 3,000 ft is confined to the 12/30 alignment.

Surrounding chart coverage

Nearby Buchanan Field, Livermore Municipal, Stockton Metropolitan and Tracy Municipal all have substantially broader procedure sets. Rio Vista Municipal is the only listed nearby field with thinner coverage than Byron. The San Francisco Sectional and Terminal Area Chart add VFR depictions to a notably sparse instrument collection.

Airports near C83

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
KTCYTracy MuniTRACY, CA12 nm SE7
KLVKLivermore MuniLIVERMORE, CA12 nm SW9
KSCKStockton MetroSTOCKTON, CA19 nm E8
O88Rio Vista MuniRIO VISTA, CA22 nm N2
KCCRBuchanan FldCONCORD, CA23 nm NW10
KHWDHayward ExecHAYWARD, CA26 nm SW11
1O3LodiLODI, CA28 nm NE2
KOAKOakland San Francisco BayOAKLAND, CA29 nm W46

VFR charts covering C83

Common questions about C83

What charts are available for C83?

3 current FAA charts for Byron, including 1 instrument approach. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for C83?

CTAF 123.05. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at C83?

Byron has 2 runways. The longest is 12/30 at 4,500 ft by 100 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does C83 have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total C83 has 1 published instrument approach, of which 1 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at C83?

Every published approach serves one runway end. There is no instrument procedure to the reciprocal direction, so an arrival in instrument conditions commits to that single approach direction regardless of the wind.

Is C83 a towered airport?

No — Byron has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these C83 charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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