Silver Springs Airport
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Silver Springs Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is two miles southwest of Silver Springs, in Lyon County, Nevada.[1] It is owned by Lyon County[1] and leased to Silver Springs Airport, LLC.[2]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is SPZ to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code[3] (IATA assigned SPZ to Springdale Municipal Airport in Springdale, Arkansas).[4]
History
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Churchill Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military training flights. It closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration.
Facilities
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For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2022, the airport had 12,660 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 85% general aviation and 14% military. 15 aircraft at that time were based at this airport, 14 single-engine and 1 military.[1]
The airport started improvements in 2016, including jet fuel support.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Silver Springs Airport, LLC
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KSPZ - Silver Springs, Nevada
- ↑ Great Circle Mapper: SPZ / KASG - Springdale, Arkansas
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Other sources
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- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
External links
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (42.0 KB)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". from Nevada DOT
- Aerial photo as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SPZ
- AirNav airport information for SPZ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for SPZ
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Airports in Nevada
- Transportation in Lyon County, Nevada
- Buildings and structures in Lyon County, Nevada
- Airports established in 1942
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Nevada
- Flight Strips of the United States Army Air Forces
- World War II airfields in the United States
- 1942 establishments in Nevada