SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA · 6 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026
2 published instrument approaches: 1 RNAV (GPS).
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | LDA RWY 18 | 8 | |
 | RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | 1 |
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | EDGGE ONE (RNAV) | — | |
 | RICHY SEVEN | — |
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.85 |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,541 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt Excellent | Medium intensity |
| 18 193°T | LDA/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSF approach lighting · displaced threshold 800 ft | |||
| 36 13°T | displaced threshold 2,033 ft · right-hand circuit | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
38.8938890, -119.9953330
6,268 ft3 nm SWPaste the coordinates into a simulator’s world map to drop straight onto the field.
Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
Lake Tahoe’s published instrument arrival coverage is GPS-based and concentrated on one end of runway 18/36; the reciprocal end has no published approach. Two departure procedures give outbound planning similar weight to the approach material. The single 8,541 ft runway also means the procedure set has only one runway alignment to cover.
Minden-Tahoe and Carson City have chart sets of comparable breadth, while Truckee-Tahoe is somewhat broader. Placerville’s coverage is thinner, and Reno/Tahoe International’s is much more extensive. The San Francisco Sectional adds broader VFR context beyond the airport diagram and terminal procedures.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMEV | Minden-Tahoe | MINDEN, NV | 13 nm NE | 7 |
| KCXP | Carson City | CARSON CITY, NV | 22 nm NE | 7 |
| KTRK | Truckee-Tahoe | TRUCKEE, CA | 26 nm N | 10 |
| KPVF | Placerville | PLACERVILLE, CA | 37 nm W | 3 |
| KRNO | Reno/Tahoe Intl | RENO, NV | 38 nm N | 45 |
| O43 | Yerington Muni | YERINGTON, NV | 40 nm E | 3 |
| KSPZ | Silver Springs | SILVER SPRINGS, NV | 46 nm NE | 2 |
| KRTS | Reno/Stead | RENO, NV | 47 nm N | 5 |
6 current FAA charts for Lake Tahoe, including 2 instrument approachs, 2 departure procedures, 1 airport diagram. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.
CTAF 122.85. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
Lake Tahoe has 1 runway. The longest is 18/36 at 8,541 ft by 100 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
No ILS is published. In total KTVL has 2 published instrument approaches, of which 1 are RNAV (GPS).
The official FAA airport diagram for Lake Tahoe is free to download at the top of this page. It shows runways, taxiways, ramp layout and hold-short positions, and is reissued every 28 days.
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.
The field elevation is 6,268 ft. At that height the air is thin enough to matter: take-off and landing distances are longer than the same aircraft would need at sea level, and the effect worsens as temperature rises. The approach charts carry the altitudes that apply.
No — Lake Tahoe 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.
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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