Owyhee Airport is a public use airport located west of the central business district of Owyhee, in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is owned by the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and is located within the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
History The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Owyhee Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).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.
Facilities and aircraft Owyhee Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring . For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2022, the airport had 1,980 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week, 91% general aviation, and 9% military.
See also List of airports in Nevada
References
External links from Nevada DOT Aerial image as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map