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KSPZ
(formerly B08)
Silver Springs Airport
Silver Springs, Nevada, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009

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 -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving 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
HZNr223/13.6HAZEN VORTAC114.1017E
FMGr096/20.3MUSTANG VORTAC117.9016E

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: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 5  RUNWAY 23
Latitude: 39-24.006037N39-24.358612N
Longitude: 119-15.666962W119-14.477537W
Elevation: 4264.9 ft.4214.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.7%0.7%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Runway end identifier lights: nono

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: 14
Single engine airplanes: 7
Ultralights: 7
    
Aircraft operations: avg 77/week *
60% transient general aviation
40% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 30 June 2009

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)
KCXP - Carson Airport (26 nm SW)
KRTS - Reno/Stead Airport (33 nm NW)
 
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Aerial photo of KSPZ (Silver Springs Airport)
Photo by Angela Chaplin, piloted by Dennis Gray
Photo taken 19-Nov-2005

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2814:28
Sunrise06:5614:56
Sunset17:2701:27
Evening civil twilight17:5401:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Feb-2010 09:17:44
Local (UTC-8)  10-Feb-2010 01:17:44
 
METAR
KRNO 
24nm W 
100855Z 15003KT 10SM BKN050 BKN090 02/M02 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T00221022 50004
KNFL 
26nm E 
100856Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM SCT049 OVC080 03/M01 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP120 T00281011 51006 TSNO
KTRK 
40nm W 
100850Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR M09/M10 A2995 RMK AO2
KTVL 
46nm SW 
100853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M03/M07 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP137 T10281067 50006
TAF
KRNO 
24nm W 
100520Z 1006/1106 VRB03KT P6SM BKN050 FM101500 VRB03KT P6SM SCT080 BKN200
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