Silver Springs Airport is two miles southwest of Silver Springs, in Lyon County, Nevada. It is owned by Lyon County and leased to Silver Springs Airport, LLC.Silver Springs Airport, LLC
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is SPZ to the FAA and has no IATA codeGreat Circle Mapper: KSPZ - Silver Springs, Nevada (IATA assigned SPZ to Springdale Municipal Airport in Springdale, Arkansas).Great Circle Mapper: SPZ / KASG - Springdale, Arkansas
History The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Churchill Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military training flights. It closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration.
Facilities Silver Springs Airport covers at an elevation of . Its single runway, 6/24, is .
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2022, the airport had 12,660 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 85% general aviation and 14% military. 15 aircraft at that time were based at this airport, 14 single-engine and 1 military.
The airport started improvements in 2016, including jet fuel support.
See also List of airports in Nevada
References
Other sources
Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
External links from Nevada DOT Aerial photo as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps