Elko Regional Airport
Elko Regional Airport J.C. Harris Field | |||||||||||||||
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 Elko Regional Airport terminal | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Elko | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Elko, Nevada | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,140 ft / 1,567 m | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  EKO Location in Nevada | |||||||||||||||
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Elko Regional Airport (IATA: EKO, ICAO: KEKO, FAA LID: EKO), formerly Elko Municipal Airport, is an airport located about one mile west of downtown Elko, in Elko County, Nevada.[1]
The airport was named J.C. Harris Field in 1975 in honor of Jess C. Harris, a sheriff from Elko known as "The Flying Sheriff".[2]
History
On April 6, 1926, when it was called Elko Airport, it was the terminus for the first scheduled air mail run in the United States, flown by Varney Air Lines.[3]
United Airlines Boeing 737-200s stopped at Elko from November 1977 until 1982, flying San Francisco - Reno - Elko - Ely - Salt Lake City. This route was United's last piston powered flight, a Douglas DC-6 until 1970[citation needed]. United replaced it with Convair 580s operated by Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) in a subcontract arrangement using the "UA" code.[4]
Casino Express Airlines served Elko with Boeing 737-200s and was based in Elko. This airline supported the local casino industry and operated what were essentially scheduled charter flights from Elko to many U.S. cities starting in the late 1980s. Casino Express eventually changed its name to Xtra Airways which later ended these 737 flights from Elko.
Facilities
Elko Regional Airport covers 700 acres (280 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 5/23 measuring 7,214 x 150 ft (2,199 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 2,871 x 60 ft (875 x 18 m).[1]
In the year ending August 31, 2007 the airport had 16,520 aircraft operations, average 45 per day: 73% general aviation, 27% air taxi and <1% military. 69 aircraft were then based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 6% jet and 7% helicopter.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Delta Connection | Salt Lake City |
SkyWest ("Delta Connection") flies Embraer EMB-120s between Elko and Delta Air Lines' hub at Salt Lake City International Airport.
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 19,000 | Delta |
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for EKO PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Air Mail Pioneers: Jess C. Harris
- ^ "Elko Airport". Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ North American Official Airline Guide (OAG), February 1, 1976 edition
- ^ [1]
External links
- Elko Airport, official site
- El Aero Services, Inc., the fixed base operator (FBO)
- Template:PDFlink from Nevada DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 31, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EKO, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEKO
- ASN accident history for EKO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEKO
- FAA current EKO delay information