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Airport Flats

Airport Flats from directly overhead

Airport Flats is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,779 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Greenwood, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.35390, -120.13921

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Riverview Sports Park: 1.9 mi
  • Truckee Bike Park: 2.0 mi
  • Glenshire Elementary School Park: 2.2 mi
  • Truckee River Regional Park: 2.6 mi
  • Disc Golf Course: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Boca Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Alder Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Prosser Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Billy Hill: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 33
  • The Rose Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Hettich Garden: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 25
  • Museum of Truckee History: 3.1 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 4.4 mi
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Green Phantom Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 9.9 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 10.0 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 21.2 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Gazebo: 23.3 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 23.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Health Springs: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Airport Flats. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseE 93°3,285 m11.8 mi
Church PeakE 91°3,235 m11.5 mi
Mount HoughtonE 97°3,195 m10.8 mi
Relay PeakESE 105°3,135 m10.6 mi
Snowflower MountainE 80°3,115 m11.0 mi
Tamarack PeakESE 102°3,012 m11.9 mi
Rose Knob PeakESE 113°2,932 m10.5 mi
Rose KnobESE 118°2,922 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:31
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1815:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404855636255463628
Precip in5.75.14.52.11.50.60.30.50.61.82.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Truckee RS, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/709686816

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