Silver Springs Airport

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Silver Springs Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLyon County
OperatorSilver Springs Airport, LLC
ServesSilver Springs, Nevada
Elevation AMSL4,265.2 ft / 1,300 m
Coordinates39°24′11″N 119°15′04″W / 39.40306°N 119.25111°W / 39.40306; -119.25111
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 6,001 1,828 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2022)12,660
Based aircraft15

Silver Springs Airport (ICAO: KSPZ, FAA LID: SPZ, formerly B08) is two miles southwest of Silver Springs, in Lyon County, Nevada.[1] It is owned by Lyon County[1] and leased to Silver Springs Airport, LLC.[2]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is SPZ to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code[3] (IATA assigned SPZ to Springdale Municipal Airport in Springdale, Arkansas).[4]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for SPZ PDF, effective 2023-07-13.
  2. ^ Silver Springs Airport, LLC
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KSPZ - Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: SPZ / KASG - Springdale, Arkansas