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[http://www.care-flight.com/ Care-Flight] regularly lands a medivac helicopter in [[Gerlach]].
[http://www.care-flight.com/ Care-Flight] regularly lands a medivac helicopter in [[Gerlach]].


Below is an alphabetical list of local airports and landing strips.


== Gerlach Landing Strip ==
== Black Rock City Airport ==
There is an abandoned landing strip at the north edge of Gerlach.
Active during [[Burning Man]].
 
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts show the Black Rock City Airport with a purple circle containing an R, indicating that the landing strip is Restricted.


[[Image:Gerlach1964Map.jpg|thumb|right|Gerlach 1964 topo]]
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/2717350 GNIS]
** "Citation: Citation Unknown"
** "Entry Date: 13-Apr-2013"
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/88NV Black Rock City Airport] (AirNav)
** Activation date: 07/2009


== Empire Airport 1A8 ==
== Empire Airport 1A8 ==


[[Image:Empire Airport (1A8) diagram, NV DOT 2003.gif|thumb|right|Image:Empire Airport (1A8) diagram, NV DOT 2003.gif]]  
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/864055 GNIS]
** "Citation: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) listing of airports and other landing areas in the United States with associated information, 1981. Now available in CD format published quarterly. The year and month of the CD follows if known: 882803"
** "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/1A8 Empire 1A8] (AirNav)
** Activation date: 04/1987
* Nevada DOT, [http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/aviation/diagrams/pdf/18empire.pdf Empire Airfield] (Dead as of 2014-01-01, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233228/http://www.nevadadot.com:80/traveler/aviation/diagrams/pdf/18empire.pdf archive.org]


* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/1A8 Empire 1A8] (AirNav)
== Gerlach Landing Strip ==
There is an '''abandoned''' landing strip at the north edge of Gerlach.
 
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts show the Gerlach Landing Strip with a purple circle containing a U, indicating that the landing strip is Unverified.
 
[[Image:Gerlach1964Map.jpg|thumb|right|Gerlach 1964 topo]]


* Nevada DOT, [http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/aviation/diagrams/pdf/18empire.pdf Empire Airfield] (Dead as of 2014-01-01)
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/847587 GNIS]
** "Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:250,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Lovelock/1970"


== Soldier Meadow Nr 1 Airport ==
== Soldier Meadow Number 1 Airport ==
Private, request permission before use.
Private, request permission before use.
 
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/864061 GNIS]
** "Citation: Global Air,AirNav, USGS and FAA. Public and Private Airports of the United States. www.globalair.com, www.airnav.com, www.faa.gov, www.usgs.gov. 24-FEB-2011. 2009 NAIP Imagery and ESRI ArcGISOnline Imagery."
** "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/NV06 Soldier Meadow Nr 1 Airport] (Air Nav)
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/NV06 Soldier Meadow Nr 1 Airport] (Air Nav)
** 45 miles NE of GERLACH, NV
** Activation Date: 01/1960


== Soldier Meadow Nr 2 Airport ==
== Soldier Meadow Number 2 Airport ==
Private, request permission before use.
Private, request permission before use.
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/864060 GNIS]
** "Citation: Global Air,AirNav, USGS and FAA. Public and Private Airports of the United States. www.globalair.com, www.airnav.com, www.faa.gov, www.usgs.gov. 24-FEB-2011. 2009 NAIP Imagery and ESRI ArcGISOnline Imagery."
** "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/NV05 Soldier Meadow Nr 2 Airport] (Air Nav)
* [http://www.airnav.com/airport/NV05 Soldier Meadow Nr 2 Airport] (Air Nav)
** 30 miles NE of GERLACH, NV
** Activation Date: 01/1960
== Sulphur Airport ==
Not shown on VFR Charts, but on topo maps
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/855238 GNIS]
** "Citation: Citation Unknown"
** "Entry Date: 01-Jul-1991"
** Sulphur Landing Strip (Alternate name): "'State of Nevada Airports and Landing Strips 1991': Nevada Department of Transportation Planning Division, 1991, scale 1 inch=22 miles approx. Planimetric map showing classes of airports and their locations. 1991"
== Summit Lake Landing Strip ==
Shown as Unverified on VFR charts.
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/856686 GNIS]
** "Citation: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps other than 1:100,000-scale and 1:126,720-scale (1/2 inch = 1 mile). The name and year of publication follow (if known): Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996 Virgin Creek/1971"
*** Note that "Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996" is probably a typo.  http://www.blm.gov/or/pubroom/files/Oregon_Recreation_Map_Index.pdf indicates that a map with the same name covers northwestern Oregon.
** "Entry Date: 01-Oct-1991"


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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* Paul Freeman, "[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NV/Airfields_NV_NW.htm Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Nevada]"
* Paul Freeman, "[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NV/Airfields_NV_NW.htm Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Nevada]"
* [http://skyvector.com/ SkyVector.com], Aeronautical Charts - Flight Planning
* [http://skyvector.com/ SkyVector.com], Aeronautical Charts - Flight Planning
[[Category:Aviation]]
[[Category:GNIS]]

Latest revision as of 18:27, 30 January 2022

Care-Flight regularly lands a medivac helicopter in Gerlach.

Below is an alphabetical list of local airports and landing strips.

Black Rock City Airport

Active during Burning Man.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts show the Black Rock City Airport with a purple circle containing an R, indicating that the landing strip is Restricted.

Empire Airport 1A8

  • GNIS
    • "Citation: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) listing of airports and other landing areas in the United States with associated information, 1981. Now available in CD format published quarterly. The year and month of the CD follows if known: 882803"
    • "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
  • Empire 1A8 (AirNav)
    • Activation date: 04/1987
  • Nevada DOT, Empire Airfield (Dead as of 2014-01-01, see archive.org

Gerlach Landing Strip

There is an abandoned landing strip at the north edge of Gerlach.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) charts show the Gerlach Landing Strip with a purple circle containing a U, indicating that the landing strip is Unverified.

Gerlach 1964 topo
  • GNIS
    • "Citation: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:250,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known): Lovelock/1970"

Soldier Meadow Number 1 Airport

Private, request permission before use.

  • GNIS
    • "Citation: Global Air,AirNav, USGS and FAA. Public and Private Airports of the United States. www.globalair.com, www.airnav.com, www.faa.gov, www.usgs.gov. 24-FEB-2011. 2009 NAIP Imagery and ESRI ArcGISOnline Imagery."
    • "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
  • Soldier Meadow Nr 1 Airport (Air Nav)
    • 45 miles NE of GERLACH, NV
    • Activation Date: 01/1960

Soldier Meadow Number 2 Airport

Private, request permission before use.

  • GNIS
    • "Citation: Global Air,AirNav, USGS and FAA. Public and Private Airports of the United States. www.globalair.com, www.airnav.com, www.faa.gov, www.usgs.gov. 24-FEB-2011. 2009 NAIP Imagery and ESRI ArcGISOnline Imagery."
    • "Entry Date: 01-Sep-1989"
  • Soldier Meadow Nr 2 Airport (Air Nav)
    • 30 miles NE of GERLACH, NV
    • Activation Date: 01/1960

Sulphur Airport

Not shown on VFR Charts, but on topo maps

  • GNIS
    • "Citation: Citation Unknown"
    • "Entry Date: 01-Jul-1991"
    • Sulphur Landing Strip (Alternate name): "'State of Nevada Airports and Landing Strips 1991': Nevada Department of Transportation Planning Division, 1991, scale 1 inch=22 miles approx. Planimetric map showing classes of airports and their locations. 1991"

Summit Lake Landing Strip

Shown as Unverified on VFR charts.

  • GNIS
    • "Citation: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maps other than 1:100,000-scale and 1:126,720-scale (1/2 inch = 1 mile). The name and year of publication follow (if known): Salem Westside Recreation Map 1996 Virgin Creek/1971"
    • "Entry Date: 01-Oct-1991"

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