Flying a ATR 42-600 into Sacramento International Airport

Runway Requirements

Approach Considerations

• →Approach plates: Reference current Jeppesen or FAA charts before each flight. ILS, RNAV (GPS), and visual approaches typically available depending on runway. Check NOTAMs for outages.
• →Wake turbulence: Stay alert for wake turbulence from preceding heavy aircraft, especially at major airports like KSMF.

Common Considerations

Central California airport with tule fog in winter but good year-round training conditions. For the ATR 42-600, the most relevant factors are runway length sufficiency, density altitude impact at field elevation 27 ft, and single-runway pattern management.

Fuel Availability

Jet A is universally available at KSMF. The ATR 42-600 burns approximately 1375 pph at cruise — multiple FBOs typically compete on pricing.