Firefighting aircraft operating near Columbia Airport

Heard on: NorCal TRACON and Oakland Center ARTCC (Tracy)

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Lower, there is firefighting activity

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southeast of the airport.

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Multiple firefighters are out there operating on an outflow.

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We have information echo.

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Point four five, Delta 788 , go ahead.

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Southwest, we need to lower that way.

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But from that angle, it's 8000 ft on the airport.

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We can cancel our three-golf extra.

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Three-golf extra, understand you're canceling at this time.

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IFR cancellation received, maintain

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VFR reserve on navigation appropriate VFR altitudes.

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Then again, there's firefighting activity in and out of Columbia and southeast of the airport.

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Two thousand 200 , 4400 , 1009 , 2300 .

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All indicated, they're all on the southeast side of the runway there.

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Two to 3 mi .

7/26/2026 06:21 PM

Wildfire

Columbia Airport, 10723 Airport Rd, Columbia, CA 95310

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports ongoing wildfire firefighting activity in and out of Columbia Airport, with multiple firefighting aircraft operating a few miles southeast of the runway and arriving aircraft being advised of the hazard while flying visually.