🇺🇸 Carson Airport

The Carson City Airport (KCXP) is a public-use airport located 3 miles northeast of Carson City, Nevada,. It is not a private strip, ranch airport, or agricultural strip.

• Runway Information: It features one asphalt, grooved runway (9-27) that is 6,100 feet long and 75 feet wide,.
• Uses: The airport is a significant hub for general aviation in Northern Nevada, serving vacation and business travelers, and "just for pleasure" aviators. It also supports firefighting operations, medical flights, law enforcement operations, flight schools, air charter services, aircraft sales, and maintenance services.
• Facilities: It has two primary asphalt aircraft parking aprons with marked tie-down positions (142 on the south apron, 48 on the north apron). Fuel (100LL and Jet-A), major airframe and powerplant service, and high bottled and bulk oxygen are available.
• Weather and Lighting: The airport is equipped with an Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS-III P/T) providing continuous weather updates and Terminal Area Forecasts (TAF). Runway 9-27 has low/medium/high intensity runway lighting, and taxiways A and D have medium intensity taxiway lighting. A white-green rotating beacon operates from sunset to sunrise.
• Historical Significance: The airport was activated in April 1940,.

*Sources researched: flycarsoncity.com, airnav.com, carsoncity.gov, skyvector.com*