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KRTS
(formerly 4SD)
Reno/Stead Airport
Reno, Nevada, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: RTS
Lat/Long: 39-40-05.4370N / 119-52-35.1827W
39-40.090617N / 119-52.586378W
39.6681769 / -119.8764396
(estimated)
Elevation: 5050 ft. / 1539.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 16E (2000)
From city: 10 miles NW of RENO, NV
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 89506

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 08/1943
Sectional chart: SAN FRANCISCO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: OAKLAND CENTER
FSS: RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: RNO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
ATTENDANT ON CALL 24 HRS (775) 328-6600.
Pattern altitude: 5850 ft. MSL
TPA-6246(1200) HEAVY/HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT; 6046(1000) GLIDER ACFT LEFT TFC TO SOUTH SIDE OF RWY 26 ON DIRT SHOULDER.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
1700 - 0900 ACTVT HIRL RY 08/26 & 14/32 - CTAF. 0900 - 1700 HIRL RY 08/26 & 14/32 OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-A: 135.175 (775-677-0589)
RENO APPROACH: 126.3
RENO DEPARTURE: 126.3
OPNS: 118.05 277.5 32.3
WX ASOS at RNO (11 nm SE): PHONE 775-324-6659

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FMGr293/13.1MUSTANG VORTAC117.9016E
SWRr016/34.5SQUAW VALLEY VOR/DME113.2016E
AHCr144/38.1AMEDEE VOR/DME109.0017E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: HIGH
Bulk oxygen: HIGH

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 9000 x 150 ft. / 2743 x 46 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 65.0
Double wheel: 85.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Latitude: 39-41.003270N39-39.675567N
Longitude: 119-52.895617W119-52.042517W
Elevation: 5043.5 ft.5043.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 137 magnetic, 153 true317 magnetic, 333 true
Displaced threshold: no1200 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
PAPI OTS INDEFLY.
4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 7608 x 150 ft. / 2319 x 46 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 60.0
Double wheel: 90.0
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 39-39.860743N39-39.731842N
Longitude: 119-53.531307W119-51.918998W
Elevation: 4991.8 ft.5050.1 ft.
Gradient: 0.8%0.8%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 080 magnetic, 096 true260 magnetic, 276 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
PAPI OTS INDEFLY.
4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: RENO TAHOE ARPT AUTH
P.O. BOX 12490
RENO, NV 89510
Phone 775-328-6402
Manager: SKIP POLAK
4895 TEXAS AVE
RENO, NV 89506
Phone 775-328-6570
DIRECTOR OF ARPTS, KRYS BART 775-328-6402. SKIP POLLACK: CELL 775-690-2217. MGR:SPOLAK@RENOAIRPORT.COM, SUPER: EMARTIN@RENOAIRPORT.COM,

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 120
Single engine airplanes: 89
Multi engine airplanes: 7
Jet airplanes: 8
Gliders airplanes: 2
Ultralights: 2
Military aircraft: 12
    
Aircraft operations: avg 175/day *
55% local general aviation
30% transient general aviation
16% military
* for 12-month period ending 01 November 2007

Additional Remarks

EXTSV ARMY GUARD HEL OPNS INVOF ARPT.
BE ALERT FOR BALLOON TRAFFIC NW QUADRANT OF ARPT.
MILITARY PARACHUTE OPNS N OF ARPT.
ULTRALIGHT ACTVTY ON AND INVOF ARPT.
C-130 NIGHT PARACHUTE OPERATIONS AND LOW LEVEL FLIGHT TRAINING ON AIRPORT.
EXTENSIVE TANKER OPS DURING FIRE SEASON.
PAEW OCCASIONALLY ON RYS AND TWYS.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 32   download (518KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 32   download (426KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (62KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KRNO - Reno/Tahoe International Airport (11 nm SE)
O02 - Nervino Airport (24 nm W)
KTRK - Truckee-Tahoe Airport (24 nm SW)
KCXP - Carson Airport (29 nm S)
KAHC - Amedee Army Airfield (38 nm N)
 
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Area around KRTS (Reno/Stead Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KRTS (Reno/Stead Airport)
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Sectional chart
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From to KRTS

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0914:09
Sunrise06:3714:37
Sunset16:5000:50
Evening civil twilight17:1801:18

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 02:19:10
Local (UTC-8)  08-Nov-2009 18:19:10
 
METAR
KRNO 
12nm SE 
090155Z 27006KT 10SM FEW150 09/M06 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00891061
KTRK 
24nm SW 
090150Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM UP CLR 00/M10 A3007 RMK AO2
TAF
KRNO 
12nm SE 
082323Z 0900/0924 06007KT P6SM SCT200 FM090200 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Aviation Classics 775-972-5540
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ExxonMobil
100LL Jet A
FS $4.44 $3.78 
SS $4.14 --- 
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SS=Self service
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Aviation Businesses, Services, and Facilities

 Business Name   Contact   Services / Description Comments
Ace Aviation, Inc. 775-247-4534
[web site]
[email]
Flight training, Aircraft rental, Aerial tours / aerial sightseeing, Aerial photography

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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Reno/Stead Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Reno/Stead Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KRTS have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
SILVER LEGACY RESORT CASINO 10.1 49-300
GRAND SIERRA RESORT & CASINO 11.2 49-630
SUPER 8 MOTEL - MEADOW WOOD COURTYARD 14.3 59-60
DAYS INN RENO 9.9 47-160
GOLDEN PHOENIX HOTEL 10.2 30-43
PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA & CASINO 12.4 50-240
CIRCUS CIRCUS HOTEL & CASINO RENO 10.0 39-213
JOHN ASCUAGAS NUGGET 11.3 48-88
BEST WESTERN AIRPORT PLAZA HOTEL 12.3 90-91
 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Reno/Stead Airport

40 in Reno
6 in Sparks
 

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