Carson Airport . Nevada Department of Transportation. April 2007. (Carson City Airport) is three miles northeast of Carson City, the capital of Nevada, United States. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is CXP to the FAA and CSN to the IATAGreat Circle Mapper: CSN / KCXP - Carson City, Nevada (Carson Airport) (which assigned CXP to Tunggul Wulung Airport in Java, Indonesia).Great Circle Mapper: CXP / WIHL - Cilacap, Java, Indonesia (Tunggul Wulung Airport)
Facilities
Carson Airport covers at an elevation of 4,704 feet (1,434 m). Its runway (9/27) is 6,101 by 75 feet (1,860 x 23 m).
In the year ending June 30, 2022 the airport had 86,088 aircraft operations, average 236 per day: 90% general aviation, 9% air taxi, and 1% military. 285 aircraft were then based at this airport: 199 single-engine, 36 multi-engine, 20 jet, 17 helicopter, 5 glider and 8 ultralight. Based aircraft include several amphibians that fly to and land on nearby Lake Tahoe.
History In 1928, three families donated of land for the city to construct an airport. An east–west runway was constructed on new land to utilize the westerly winds caused by the geographic position of the Sierra Nevada.
Historical airline service
From late 1984 through early 1985, SkyWest Airlines operated nonstop service to Las Vegas (LAS) twice a day with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner commuter propjets.
See also List of airports in Nevada
References
External links Aerial photo as of September 1999 from USGS The National Map