Reno Stead Airport
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AMSL 5,050 ft / 1,539 m | | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°40′05″N 119°52′35″W / 39.66806°N 119.87639°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | renoairport.com/... | ||||||||||||||
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Reno Stead Airport (
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RTS by the FAA, but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned RTS to Rottnest Island Airport in Rottnest Island, Western Australia).[5] Reno Stead Airport does not have regularly scheduled service, but functions as a general aviation reliever for the nearby Reno–Tahoe International Airport. The airport is used by the Bureau of Land Management as a base for fire fighting aircraft.
History
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The location was opened by the
Stead Air Force Base was established by the
Other commands wanted to train aircrews in survival techniques, and in September 1954 Stead AFB became part of the Air Training Command (ATC), and the 3904th Composite Wing became the 3635th Combat Crew Training Wing. After a number of name changes, the survival training school became the 3637th Combat Crew Training Squadron.[6]
In January 1958, a small group of instructor pilots from
In 1960[7] and 1962,[8] astronauts were trained in desert survival by the 3637th Combat Crew Training Squadron and then helicoptered to a location near the Carson Sink for further training.[9]
In 1964 the Reno Stead Airport was operated by the Ag Aviation Academy, which was then based in
Facilities and aircraft
Reno/Stead Airport covers an area of 5,000
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 49,800 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 86% general aviation and 14% military. At that time there were 186 aircraft based at this airport: 136 single-engine, 16 military, 9 multi-engine, 19 jet, and 6 helicopters.[1]
See also
- Reno-Tahoe International Airport(RNO)
- List of airports in Nevada
- Reno Air Races
- 2011 Reno Air Races crash
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Reno-Stead Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ "Aviation company formally reintegrates back into Nevada Army National Guard". Nevada Appeal. March 26, 2013.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: RTS / YRTI - Rottnest Island, Western Australia
- Air University Review, September–October 1968
- Life Magazine. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ^ "Desert Survival Training Session to Start Monday for 14 Astronauts" (PDF). Space News Roundup. Houston, TX: Manned Spacecraft Center. 1965-08-05. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ISBN 9781461438557. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
External links
- Reno-Stead Airport page at Reno/Tahoe International Airport web site
- Reno Air Racing Association
- "Diagram of Reno/Stead Airport (4SD)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. from Nevada DOT
- Aerial image as of September 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RTS, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RTS
- AirNav airport information for KRTS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures