Airports near Atwater, CA
15 airports, seaplane bases and airstrips within 25 nm of Atwater, California — 7 of them public use. Runway lengths, fuel, CTAF and tower frequencies from the FAA's NASR data (effective 2026-10-01); each airport page adds live METAR/TAF weather, NOTAMs, winds aloft and a crosswind calculator.
Closest public-use field: Castle (KMER), 0.0 nm N. Closest public fuel: KMER (100LL,A,A1), 0.0 nm. Longest runway: 11,802 ft at KMER.
Current METARs for these airports (aviationweather.gov) →
| Id | Name | From Atwater | Use | Longest rwy | Fuel | Tower / CTAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMER | Castle Atwater · Airport | 0.0 nm N | Public | 11,802 ft (soft) | 100LL,A,A1 | Tower 118.175 · CTAF 118.175 |
| KMCE | Merced Yosemite Regional Merced · Airport | 6.3 nm SE | Public | 5,914 ft | 100LL,A | CTAF 122.7 |
| 15CL | Hunt Farms Merced · Airport | 8.1 nm E | Private | 2,300 ft (soft) | — | — |
| O15 | Turlock Municipal Turlock · Airport | 8.8 nm NW | Public | 2,985 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.8 |
| 0CN1 | Fiorini Ranch Delhi · Airport | 10.3 nm NW | Private | 2,229 ft | — | — |
| 34CN | Bonanza Hills Snelling · Airport | 11.8 nm NE | Private | 4,100 ft (soft) | — | — |
| CA03 | Flying M Planada · Airport | 13.2 nm E | Private | 3,000 ft | — | — |
| 9CL0 | Turlock Airpark Turlock · Airport | 14.2 nm NW | Private | 2,075 ft | 100 | — |
| CL84 | Ahlem Farms Hilmar · Airport | 17.1 nm W | Private | 2,617 ft | — | — |
| 3O1 | Gustine Gustine · Airport | 20.2 nm W | Public | 3,207 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.9 |
| 67CA | Chapman Farms Chowchilla · Airport | 20.5 nm SE | Private | 3,000 ft | — | — |
| 35CN | Cat Ag Air Newman · Airport | 22.1 nm W | Private | 2,577 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 2O6 | Chowchilla Chowchilla · Airport | 22.2 nm SE | Public | 3,253 ft | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| KMOD | Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field Modesto · Airport | 23.6 nm NW | Public | 5,904 ft | 100LL,A,A1+ | Tower 125.3 · CTAF 125.3 |
| KLSN | Los Banos Municipal Los Banos · Airport | 23.8 nm SW | Public | 3,801 ft | 100LL,A | CTAF 122.8 |
Distances are great-circle nautical miles with direction from the centre of the facilities that list Atwater as their city (not a surveyed city centre). Heliports are not listed. A snapshot of the 28-day NASR cycle: confirm frequencies and runway data against the current Chart Supplement before flight.