| Elko Regional Airport J.C. Harris Field |
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| FAA airport diagram | |||
| IATA: EKO – ICAO: KEKO – FAA LID: EKO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Elko | ||
| Serves | Elko, Nevada | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,140 ft / 1,567 m | ||
| Website | |||
| 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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On April 6, 1926, when it was called Elko Airport, it was the terminus for the first scheduled air mail run in the United States. Varney Air Lines was the company that flew the initial service.[3]
Elko Regional Airport covers an area of 700 acres (280 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]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines | Salt Lake City |