SAC at a glance
Published airport facts and public business listings help you identify the right contacts before requesting aircraft-specific quotes.
- FAA location identifier
- SAC Source
- ICAO identifier
- KSAC Source
- FAA associated city
- Sacramento Source
- FAA county
- Sacramento County Source
- Airport elevation
- 23.4 ft MSL Source
- Facility use
- Open to the public Source
- Ownership type
- Publicly owned Source
- Physical runway 02/20
- 5,503 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 12/30
- 3,837 x 100 ft; ASPH Source
- Published helipad H1
- 60 x 60 ft; ASPH Source
- FAA owner record
- CITY 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
6151 FREEPORT BLVD, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95822
916-875-9035
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 – Sacramento Executive
916-428-8292 ext. 1County airport business directory lists aircraft fuel and airport services.
JetEXE Aviation
916-216-7300County directory lists maintenance, sales and flight-related services; confirm actual work and authorization for the aircraft.
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 Sacramento Executive Airport as a home base or recurring destination for the actual aircraft, passengers and schedule.
Choose the correct Sacramento airport
The county airport system distinguishes Executive's general-aviation focus from Mather's cargo role and Sacramento International's airline role. Sacramento McClellan is a separate airport and should not be confused with the county system's names. Include SAC/KSAC in quotes and acquisition records so the proposed base, passenger entrance and delivery logistics are unambiguous.
Compare a capital-region month
Use representative trips to the owner's office, home, meetings and recurring regional destinations. Compare Executive, Mather and McClellan with the same passenger schedule and maintenance requirements. Consider crew reporting and empty positioning alongside ground access. A closer meeting location is useful only when it works with the exact aircraft and a documented storage agreement.
Use the county's storage resources
Executive's official website links hangar spaces, transient tiedown, businesses and services. Distinguish a published leasing opportunity from an approved aircraft-storage commitment. Ask for clearances, shared use, towing, access, insurance and term conditions, and have the flight department verify the current airport and aircraft operating requirements before treating the space as suitable.
Keep annual assessment assumptions visible
The ownership model should show base costs, aircraft reserves and debt service separately, with a dated source for each estimate. If the aircraft regularly moves between jurisdictions, keep actual flight and location records. Address Sacramento County aircraft reporting through the assessor or tax adviser; the airport's role within a county system does not establish an acquisition-tax exemption or automatic allocation.
Build a base-comparison worksheet
Use SAC, MHR and MCC columns for actual capital-region destinations, private-aircraft entrance, available storage, aircraft-specific support, fees and annual positioning. Keep financing, aircraft reserves and expected hours identical. Ask whether each quoted space is existing, conditional or subject to a separate process, and obtain an alternative if delivery precedes availability. Record the current operating review instead of ranking airports by their general-aviation, cargo or business-park labels. The result should show a complete ownership scenario for the actual passengers, including less convenient departure windows and maintenance visits.
Confirm the local reporting and contract roles
Ask Sacramento County airport administration about Executive storage and policy questions, and the county assessment staff or adviser about actual aircraft reporting. McClellan's private airport ownership should be documented separately when it is an alternative. Keep SAC distinct from SMF, MHR and MCC on every proposal. A county-system webpage or a convenient capital-region address is not a substitute for the owner-specific basing record or the California delivery-tax analysis.
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 | SAC 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
- Are all proposals for SAC rather than SMF, MHR or MCC?
- Is the listed storage opportunity an actual aircraft offer?
- What changes in an equivalent Mather or McClellan budget?
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.
- Sacramento Executive Airport — official source 1 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Sacramento Executive Airport — official source 2 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Sacramento Executive Airport official airport information · accessed 2026-10-28
- FAA NASR · APT_BASE.csv; ARPT_ID=SAC · accessed 2026-10-28