Terminal Procedures

O08 — Sidney Pickels Fld

COLUSA, CA · 4 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

Elevation 49 ft1 runwayLongest 3,034 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgasVolume SW-2Not for navigation

3 published instrument approaches: 2 RNAV (GPS), 1 VOR.

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 322APDF
RNAV (GPS)-B chart previewRNAV (GPS)-B1APDF
VOR-A chart previewVOR-A6APDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

ChartAmendment
TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF

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

O08 airport information

Control tower
No
Attendance
All all dawn-dusk
ARTCC
Oakland Center
Flight service
Rancho Murieta
NOTAM facility
RIU (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
13E
Traffic pattern altitude
800 ft
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Lighted
Segmented circle
Yes
Fuel
100LL avgas
Airframe service
Major
Powerplant service
Major
Bottled oxygen
None
Parking
Tie-downs
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
August 1962
Airport area
81 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
San Francisco
Last FAA inspection
2025-07-03

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

O08 radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF122.8

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

Runways

3,034 × 59 ft1432N1,000 ft
Runway layout at O08, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
14/323,034 ft59 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  14 151°TPAPI (2-box) 3°
  32 331°TPAPI (2-box) 3° · right-hand circuit

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

Where O08 is

Latitude, longitude39.1790000, -121.9933330
Elevation49 ft
From Colusa3 nm S

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FAA remarks for O08

  • BE ALERT TO BLDG 120 FT AGL 1000 FT WEST.
  • ACTVT MIRL RWY 14/32 - CTAF.
  • COUNTY PUB WORKS DIR. ARPT MGR 530-682-2612.
  • (E81) RWY EXIT LGTS ONLY.
  • BIRDS ON AND IN VICINITY OF AIRPORT
  • FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.

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

Airports near O08

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
KMYVYuba CountyMARYSVILLE, CA20 nm E6
KWLWWillows/Glenn CountyWILLOWS, CA23 nm NW3
KOVEOroville MuniOROVILLE, CA25 nm NE3
KBABBeale AFBMARYSVILLE, CA26 nm E14
O41Watts-WoodlandWOODLAND, CA31 nm S2
O37Haigh FldORLAND, CA33 nm N2
KLHMLincoln Rgnl/Karl Harder FldLINCOLN, CA34 nm SE5
KSMFSacramento IntlSACRAMENTO, CA35 nm SE27

VFR charts covering O08

Common questions about O08

What charts are available for O08?

4 current FAA charts for Sidney Pickels Fld, including 3 instrument approachs. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for O08?

CTAF 122.8. 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 O08?

Sidney Pickels Fld has 1 runway. The longest is 14/32 at 3,034 ft by 59 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does O08 have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total O08 has 3 published instrument approaches, of which 2 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at O08?

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 O08 a towered airport?

No — Sidney Pickels Fld 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 O08 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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