MHR at a glance
Published airport facts and public business listings help you identify the right contacts before requesting aircraft-specific quotes.
- FAA location identifier
- MHR Source
- ICAO identifier
- KMHR Source
- FAA associated city
- Sacramento Source
- FAA county
- Sacramento County Source
- Airport elevation
- 98.3 ft MSL Source
- Facility use
- Open to the public Source
- Ownership type
- Publicly owned Source
- Physical runway 04L/22R
- 6,081 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 04R/22L
- 11,301 x 150 ft; ASPH-CONC Source
- Published helipad H1
- 30 x 30 ft; ASPH Source
- Published helipad H2
- 100 x 100 ft; ASPH Source
- FAA owner record
- COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO Source
FAA NASR cycle effective October 1, 2026; next cycle October 29, 2026. Physical runway dimensions are not declared distances or an aircraft suitability determination. Use current charts, notices and qualified operator guidance for flight planning.
Airport management & official information
Sacramento County Department of Airports
10425 NORDEN AVE, MATHER, CA, 95655
916-875-7077
Public-source directory checked 2026-10-28. Confirm current services, contacts and availability directly. An airport listing does not establish aircraft suitability or a relationship with Jaken Finance Group.
FBOs & aviation businesses
Start with the providers’ published locations and the airport’s business directory. Compare written proposals for the exact aircraft and services you need.
Modern Aviation – Mather
10510 Superfortress Avenue, Suite B, Mather, CA 95655
916-235-6297County directory lists this fixed-base operator.
Mather Jet Center
10360 Macready Avenue, Mather, CA 95655
916-538-5382County directory lists this FBO separately from Mather Aviation.
Mather Aviation
10360 Macready Avenue, Mather, CA
916-364-4711County directory lists aviation maintenance; not counted as another FBO.
The directory is informational. Categories describe published services; no ranking, service guarantee, FAA certificate determination or endorsement is implied. Ask each provider about current capability, availability and contract terms.
Evaluate Mather Airport as a home base or recurring destination for the actual aircraft, passengers and schedule.
Separate airport role from the private-aircraft proposal
Sacramento County describes Mather as the system's cargo-focused airport. The airport FAQ also identifies general-aviation service locations. Use those resources to ask who will handle the proposed aircraft and where passengers and crew enter. A cargo role alone does not establish either a disadvantage or a guarantee of convenient private service.
Compare eastern Sacramento access
For trips serving the eastern capital region, compare Mather with Executive and McClellan using actual destinations and appointment times. Include the aircraft's maintenance support and crew base. Do not compare Mather's private-aviation transfer with an airline passenger's trip to Sacramento International; those are different services and do not answer the ownership question.
Review fees, access and schedule together
Ask the provider for current parking, handling, fuel, towing, storage and after-hours arrangements, along with any airport charges outside its quote. Have the flight department verify applicable rules, notices and the exact aircraft mission. Obtain the passenger access route and contingency arrangements if normal access or services change.
Build a comparable ownership scenario
Hold aircraft price, financing, utilization and reserves constant when comparing the Sacramento airports. Change base-specific costs and repositioning so the result shows the airport decision clearly. Retain storage agreements and actual use records for the Sacramento County assessment discussion, and address California delivery and tax treatment through a separate qualified review.
Build a base-comparison worksheet
Build an MHR/SAC/MCC worksheet with the same aircraft, annual hours and financing, then compare actual eastern Sacramento destinations, storage, handling, fees, passenger access and maintenance positioning. Ask where the aircraft will be served and which provider controls each service, rather than infer the arrangement from Mather's cargo role. Include a column for support outside normal provider staffing and obtain current terms for date changes. Distinguish airport descriptions, actual signed offers and professional operating conclusions. If a line remains unquoted or a condition remains pending, show it explicitly instead of supplying an assumed favorable number.
Confirm the local reporting and contract roles
Use Sacramento County's airports team for Mather's administrative requirements and the actual provider for commercial terms. Separately ask the assessor or owner's adviser how the planned base and any recurring out-of-county storage should be documented. A cargo-focused airport description does not establish a different aircraft property-tax category for a privately used jet. Keep the owner's intended operation, legal entity, records and contract responsibilities clear before signing or changing the aircraft's base.
Compare your basing alternatives
Use this worksheet to request like-for-like evidence for the actual aircraft and recurring trips. Blank or unconfirmed items remain decisions to investigate, not implied airport capabilities.
| Decision variable | MHR evidence | Alternative evidence | Owner priority / unresolved question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual passenger ground itinerary | Obtain current route estimate | Use the same dates and destinations | No fixed transfer-time promise |
| Storage rights and availability | Signed offer, conditional offer or inquiry | Record the same evidence category | Do not price unavailable space as confirmed |
| Airport and provider charges | Request itemized current proposal | Match aircraft and annual activity | Identify excluded or unquoted items |
| Operating and noise review | Current source and qualified operator review | Use each airport's own rules | Distinguish mandatory and voluntary only when verified |
| Assessment and records | Ask the appropriate assessor or adviser | Document actual changed basing facts | No automatic situs or exemption conclusion |
Your next-step checklist
- Where is the actual private-aviation service location?
- Which airport charges are excluded from the quote?
- How does an equivalent SAC or MCC scenario change total cost?
Sources & further reading
Primary sources support the relevant facts. Our planning questions and illustrative exercises are editorial analysis; they do not replace transaction-specific advice.
- Mather Airport — official source 1 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Mather Airport — official source 2 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Mather Airport official airport information · accessed 2026-10-28
- FAA NASR · APT_BASE.csv; ARPT_ID=MHR · accessed 2026-10-28