| Carson Airport Carson City Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: CSN – ICAO: KCXP – FAA LID: CXP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Carson City Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Carson City, Nevada | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,697 ft / 1,432 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9/27 | 5,906 | 1,800 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 83,500 | ||
| Based aircraft | 223 | ||
| Source: FAA[1] and airport web site[2] | |||
Carson Airport[1][3] (IATA: CSN, ICAO: KCXP, FAA LID: CXP), also known as Carson City Airport,[2] is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Carson City,[1] the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a reliever airport.[4]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CXP by the FAA[1] and CSN by the IATA[5] (which assigned CXP to Tunggul Wulung Airport in Cilacap, Java, Indonesia[6]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KCXP.[5][7]
Carson Airport covers an area of 632 acres (256 ha) at an elevation of 4,697 feet (1,432 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,906 by 75 feet (1,800 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 83,500 aircraft operations, an average of 228 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. At that time there were 223 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 3% jet, <1% helicopter, 1% glider and 9% ultralight.[1] Based aircraft include several amphibians which frequently fly to and land in nearby Lake Tahoe.