Searchlight Airport
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| Searchlight Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1L3 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | U.S. Bureau of Land Management | ||
| Location | Searchlight, Nevada | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,410 ft / 1,039.4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 35°26′40″N 114°54′34″W / 35.44444°N 114.90944°WCoordinates: 35°26′40″N 114°54′34″W / 35.44444°N 114.90944°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 16/34 | 5,040 | 1,536 | Asphalt |
Searchlight Airport (FAA LID: 1L3) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Searchlight, in Clark County, Nevada, USA. The airport is located approximately 70 miles (110 km) south of Las Vegas.
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[edit] History
The United States Air Force originally built the airstrip in the early 1950s, as an emergency alternate paved airstrip for Nellis Air Force Base.[1]
The airport was operated by Clark County Department of Aviation until 2006.[2]
[edit] Facilities
Searchlight Airport offers no services and is uncontrolled, unmanned, and unlighted.[1] Searchlight Airport covers 179 acres (72 ha) and has one runway:
- Runway 16/34: 5,040 × 70 ft (1,540 × 21 m), Surface: Asphalt
[edit] In Popular Culture
Searchlight Airport was featured in Fallout: New Vegas, as a location in the map in the PIPBoy 3000.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "SEARCHLIGHT AIRPORT". http://www.mccarran.com/. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- ^ "LAS VEGAS Community Profile". http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/files/community_profile.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- FAA Airport Master Record for 1L3 (Form 5010 PDF)
- Searchlight Airport (page at McCarran Int'l web site)
[edit] External links
- Airport diagramPDF from Nevada DOT
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for 1L3
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1L3
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