Elko Regional Airport
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| Elko Regional Airport J.C. Harris Field |
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| IATA: EKO – ICAO: KEKO – FAA: EKO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Elko | ||
| Serves | Elko, Nevada | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,140 ft / 1,567 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 7,214 | 2,199 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 2,871 | 875 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 16,520 | ||
| Based aircraft | 69 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Elko Regional Airport (IATA: EKO, ICAO: KEKO, FAA LID: EKO), formerly known as Elko Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district of Elko, a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States.[1] This airport serves much of northeastern Nevada.
The airport was named J.C. Harris Field in 1975, in honor of Jess C. Harris, a sheriff from Elko who was known as "The Flying Sheriff".[2]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Elko Regional Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 7,214 x 150 ft. (2,199 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 2,871 x 60 ft. (875 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 16,520 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 73% general aviation, 27% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 69 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 6% jet and 7% helicopter.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for EKO (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Air Mail Pioneers: Jess C. Harris
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
- Xtra Airways (Newark, Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh)
(Charter, based at Elko)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Elko Regional Airport, official site
- El Aero Services, Inc., the fixed base operator (FBO)
- Elko Municipal AirportPDF diagram from Nevada DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
- Elko Regional Airport at WikiMapia
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEKO
- ASN accident history for EKO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEKO
- FAA current EKO delay information
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