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Susanville Municipal Airport is a small, city-owned general aviation field serving Susanville, the seat of Lassen County in northeastern California, sited a few miles southeast of the town in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It offers a single paved runway suitable for light aircraft and a rougher dirt strip, with straightforward CTAF/UNICOM radio procedures and no instrument landing system, making it a classic uncontrolled-field VFR destination for the region.
Susanville Municipal Airport is a public-use, city-owned aerodrome serving Susanville, the county seat of Lassen County in northeastern California. It is a general aviation facility included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, handling light single and multi-engine traffic along with some helicopter and ultralight movements. For the simulator pilot it offers an interesting high-desert, mountain-fringed setting with a mix of paved and dirt runways, and a static UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (66-16374) displayed on the field adds a point of local interest.
The airport lies about five nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Susanville, California, in Lassen County, within the northeastern Sierra Nevada region. It is an uncontrolled general aviation field; the nearest air traffic control services referenced for the area are provided by Oakland Center.
Susanville Municipal has two physical runways. The main runway, 11/29, is 4,048 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, suitable for the majority of light aircraft operations. A secondary runway, 07/25, is 2,176 feet long with a dirt surface, offering a shorter, unlit alternative for appropriately equipped aircraft.
Pilots should monitor UNICOM/CTAF on 122.8 MHz for traffic advisories at the field. An AWOS-3 automated weather observation is available on 133.8 MHz. Oakland Center can be reached on 128.8 MHz for the surrounding airspace. There is no ILS or other instrument approach navaid associated with the airport.
The airport sits roughly five nautical miles southeast of downtown Susanville, making the town itself, the Susan River valley, and the surrounding Sierra Nevada foothills useful references for pilots inbound to the field.
Susanville Municipal Airport is a long-established, city-owned general aviation airport that has been categorised by the FAA as a general aviation facility within the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Around the time of a 2011 FAA survey the airport recorded roughly 12,470 aircraft operations annually, with about 34 movements per day made up predominantly of general aviation traffic, a small proportion of air taxi flights, and negligible military use; some 47 aircraft were based there, mostly single-engine types. A retired Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (serial 66-16374) is displayed at the airport, reflecting a link to military rotary-wing aviation history.
The airport continues to operate as a general aviation field, owned and run by the City of Susanville, providing facilities for private and small aircraft including a maintained runway, hangar ground-lease options, and pilot amenities. It serves as a gateway for visitors flying in for outdoor recreation and business in the Lassen County area. Prior permission may be required for certain operations; pilots should check current arrangements before flying in.
