Carson Airport

Carson Airport

Carson City Airport
Carson Airport; Carson City Airport
	IATA: CSN; ICAO: KCXP; FAA LID: CXP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Carson City Airport Authority
Serves	Carson City, Nevada
Elevation AMSL	4,704 ft / 1,432 m
Coordinates	39°11′32″N 119°44′04″W / 39.19222°N 119.73444°W
Website	http://flycarsoncity.com
Map
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Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	83,500
Based aircraft	223
	Source: FAA and airport web site

Carson Airport^[1]^[3] (IATA: CSN, ICAO: KCXP, FAA LID: CXP) (Carson City Airport) is three miles northeast of Carson City,^[1] the capital of Nevada, United States. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority.^[2] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is CXP to the FAA^[1] and CSN to the IATA^[4] (which assigned CXP to Tunggul Wulung Airport in Java, Indonesia).^[5]

Facilities[]

Grumman Goose amphibian at Carson Airport

Carson Airport covers 632 acres (256 ha) at an elevation of 4,697 feet (1,432 m). Its runway (9/27) is 5,906 by 75 feet (1,800 x 23 m).^[1]

In the year ending June 30, 2009 the airport had 83,500 aircraft operations, average 228 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. 223 aircraft were then 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 that fly to and land on nearby Lake Tahoe.

Historical airline service[]

In 1985, SkyWest Airlines was operating nonstop service to Las Vegas (LAS) twice a day with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner commuter propjets.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f FAA Airport Form 5010 for CXP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. August 27, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Carson City Airport, official site
^ "Diagram of Carson Airport (CXP)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-14. (29.6 KB). Nevada Department of Transportation. April 2007.
^ Great Circle Mapper: CSN / KCXP - Carson City, Nevada (Carson Airport)
^ Great Circle Mapper: CXP / WIHL - Cilacap, Java, Indonesia (Tunggul Wulung Airport)
^ http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Las Vegas-Carson City flight schedules

External links[]

Aerial photo as of September 1999 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for CXP, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CXP
- AirNav airport information for KCXP
- ASN accident history for CSN
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCXP

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[FAA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f FAA Airport Form 5010 for CXP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. August 27, 2009.

[Airport-2] Carson City Airport, official site

[NDOT-3] "Diagram of Carson Airport (CXP)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-14. (29.6 KB). Nevada Department of Transportation. April 2007.

[GCR-4] Great Circle Mapper: CSN / KCXP - Carson City, Nevada (Carson Airport)

[5] Great Circle Mapper: CXP / WIHL - Cilacap, Java, Indonesia (Tunggul Wulung Airport)

[6] ttp://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Las Vegas-Carson City flight schedules

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