Empire Airport (Nevada)
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| Coordinates | 40°34′43″N 119°21′05″W / 40.57861°N 119.35139°W | ||||||||||||||
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  1A8 Location of airport in Nevada | |||||||||||||||
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Empire Airport (FAA LID: 18NV (formerly 1A8)) is a public use airport located at the northwest corner of the former town of Empire, in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.[1][2] It is owned by the US Bureau of Land Management, and leased to U.S. Gypsum Company.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
Empire Airport covers an area of 75
mean sea level. It has two runways with dirt surfaces: 7/25 is 3,170 by 48 feet (966 x 15 m) and 18/36 is 3,770 by 42 feet (1,149 x 13 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 30, 2011, the airport had 150 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month. At that time there was one single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective December 10, 2015.
- ^ "Empire Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
External links
- "Diagram of Empire Airport (1A8)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-14. from Nevada DOT
- Aerial image as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 18NV
- AirNav airport information for 18NV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 18NV
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