FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | SPZ |
| Lat/Long: | 39-24-10.9000N / 119-15-04.3000W
39-24.181667N / 119-15.071667W
39.4030278 / -119.2511944
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 4269 ft. / 1301.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 16E (1985) |
| From city: | 2 miles SW of SILVER SPRINGS, NV |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 89429 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 04/1987 |
| Sectional chart: | SAN FRANCISCO |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | OAKLAND CENTER |
| FSS: | RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | RNO (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | RDO-CTL
ACTVT MIRL RY 05/23 ON CTAF. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.9 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 122.9 (617-262-3825) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| HZNr223/13.6 | | HAZEN VORTAC | | 114.10 | | 17E |
| FMGr096/20.3 | | MUSTANG VORTAC | | 117.90 | | 16E |
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 5/23
| Dimensions: | 5998 x 75 ft. / 1828 x 23 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
| Latitude: | 39-24.006037N | | 39-24.358612N |
| Longitude: | 119-15.666962W | | 119-14.477537W |
| Elevation: | 4264.9 ft. | | 4214.4 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.7% | | 0.7% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Markings: | basic, in good condition | | basic, in good condition |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | LYON COUNTY
27 SOUTH MAIN ST
YERINGTON, NV 89447
Phone 775-577-5037
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE - MAUREEN WILLISS |
| Manager: | HALE B. BENNETT
P.O. BOX 311
SILVER SPRINGS, NV 89429
Phone 775-577-2111 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 22 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 15 | | Ultralights: | | 7 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 77/week * | | 60% | transient general aviation | | 40% | local general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 30 May 2007 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | 150 BY 150 FT BLAST PADS EACH END. |
| - | ULTRA-LIGHT ACTIVITY ON & INVOF ARPT. |
Instrument Procedures
There are no published instrument procedures at KSPZ.
Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KFLX - Fallon Municipal Airport (24 nm E)
KRNO - Reno/Tahoe International Airport (25 nm W)
KNFL - Fallon Naval Air Station (Van Voorhis Field) (26 nm E)
4SD - Reno/Stead Airport (33 nm NW)
KMEV - Minden-Tahoe Airport (34 nm SW)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Angela Chaplin, piloted by Dennis Gray
Photo taken 19-Nov-2005
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Silver Springs Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Sectional chart |
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Click on chart to expand
Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Jul-2008
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(UTC-7) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:22 | | 12:22 |
| Sunrise | | 05:52 | | 12:52 |
| Sunset | | 20:14 | | 03:14 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:45 | | 03:45 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 26-Jul-2008 01:56:07 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 25-Jul-2008 18:56:07 |
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| METAR |
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KRNO
24nm W | 260055Z 27013G20KT 10SM FEW180 34/M07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP103 T03391067
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KNFL
26nm E | 260056Z 04006KT 10SM FU FEW120 38/M09 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP106 FU ALQDS T03781094
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KTRK
40nm W | 260130Z AUTO 25011KT 10SM CLR 26/M02 A3018 RMK AO2
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KTVL
46nm SW | 260053Z AUTO 19008G15KT 10SM CLR 26/M02 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02611022
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| TAF |
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KRNO
24nm W | 252320Z 260024 28012G23KT P6SM SKC FM0600 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM2200 27014G24KT P6SM SKC
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KNFL
26nm E | 252121 25006KT 9999 SKC QNH2994INS FM0000 30012G20KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS BECMG 0607 VRB05KT QNH2993INS T36/23Z T14/13Z
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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