Tonopah Airport
Tonopah Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles east of the central business district of Tonopah, in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
It incorporates the former Tonopah Army Airfield, a World War II installation where many units of the USAAF, such as the 357th Fighter Group, trained. The 357th later flew P-51 Mustang fighters against the German Luftwaffe, from their base at Leiston, on the south-eastern coast of Britain.
Facilities and aircraft
Tonopah Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 5,430 feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 is 7,160 by 80 feet and 11/29 is 5,660 by 50 feet.For the 12-month period ending May 18, 2022, the airport had 7,002 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per week: 68% general aviation, 26% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time seven aircraft were based here: 5 single-engine, 1 muli-engine, and 1 helicopter.