Searchlight Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. Bureau of Land Management | ||||||||||
| Serves | Searchlight, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,413 ft / 1,040 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°26′40″N 114°54′34″W / 35.44444°N 114.90944°W | ||||||||||
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  1L3 Location of airport in Nevada | |||||||||||
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Searchlight Airport (FAA LID: 1L3) is a public use airport owned by the owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and located two nautical miles (4 km) south of Searchlight, in Clark County, Nevada, United States.[1] The airport is approximately 70 miles (110 km) south of Las Vegas.
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.[2]
The airport was operated by Clark County Department of Aviation until 2006.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
Searchlight Airport covers an area of 179 acres (72 ha) at an elevation of 3,413 feet (1,040 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,040 by 70 feet (1,536 x 21 m).[1] It offers no services and is uncontrolled, unmanned, and unlighted.[2] For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2011, the airport had 300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1L3 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "Searchlight Airport". Clark County Department of Aviation. Archived from the original on February 24, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
- ^ "Las Vegas community profile" (PDF). LasVegasNevada.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
External links
- "Diagram of Searchlight Airport (1L3)" (PDF). from Nevada DOT
- Aerial image as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1L3
- AirNav airport information for 1L3
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1L3