Alamo Landing Field is a public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Alamo

Alamo, Nevada

Alamo is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, about north of Las Vegas. Its elevation is 3,449 feet . It is named after the Spanish word for "poplar" due to the presence of that type of tree. Founded in 1901, Alamo lies in the Pahranagat Valley. Its economy is...

, in Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.-History:...

, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. It is the closest public-use airport to Groom Lake

Groom Lake

Groom Lake is a salt flat in Nevada used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport on the north of the Area 51 USAF military installation. The lake at elevation is ~ from north to south and from east to west at its widest point...

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History

This airport was abandoned prior to 1959 and resumed service around 1994. It was also known as Pahranagat Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Alamo Landing Field covers an area of 640 acre (259 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 640 ft (195.1 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway

Runway

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s with dirt

Soil

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 surfaces: 14/32 is 5000 by and 15/33 is 2500 by. For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 230 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per month: 87% military

Military aviation

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 and 13% general aviation

General aviation

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External links

from Nevada DOT

• Aerial photo as of 24 September 1999 from USGS The National Map