FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 DECEMBER 2020
Location
FAA Identifier: | TPH |
Lat/Long: | 38-03-36.7000N 117-05-12.5000W 38-03.611667N 117-05.208333W 38.0601944,-117.0868056 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 5429.6 ft. / 1654.9 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 15E (1995) |
From city: | 7 miles E of TONOPAH, NV |
Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 89049 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 09/1944 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | LOS ANGELES CENTER |
FSS: | RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | TPH (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0600-2300 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 15/33 & 11/29 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.0 |
WX ASOS: | 118.875 (775-482-3441) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
TPHr288/3.1 | | TONOPAH VORTAC | | 117.20 | | 17E |
TQQr302/21.8 | | SILVERBOW VORTAC | | 113.00 | | 16E |
OALr067/32.5 | | COALDALE VORTAC | | 117.70 | | 17E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A FUEL AVBL 0700-1800 AFTER HOURS ON REQUEST CALL (775) 482-3626. |
Parking: | buoy and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | LOW |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 15/33
Dimensions: | 7158 x 80 ft. / 2182 x 24 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 15 | | RUNWAY 33 |
Latitude: | 38-04.052000N | | 38-02.912833N |
Longitude: | 117-05.563167W | | 117-05.176833W |
Elevation: | 5429.6 ft. | | 5395.4 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 150 magnetic, 165 true | | 330 magnetic, 345 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Runway 11/29
Dimensions: | 6195 x 50 ft. / 1888 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt/L RWY CRACKING FULL-LEN; LATERAL & LONGL CRACKS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES. |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 30.0 | Double wheel: | 66.0 | Double tandem: | 77.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 11 | | RUNWAY 29 |
Latitude: | 38-04.052167N | | 38-03.467333N |
Longitude: | 117-05.551000W | | 117-04.493000W |
Elevation: | 5429.6 ft. | | 5410.2 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 110 magnetic, 125 true | | 290 magnetic, 305 true |
Displaced threshold: | 538 ft. | | no |
Markings: | basic, in fair condition | | basic, in fair condition |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Helipad H1
Dimensions: | 48 x 48 ft. / 15 x 15 m |
Surface: | asphalt/aggregate friction seal coat, in good condition |
Runway edge markings: | FATO & "H" MARKED IN YELLOW |
Latitude: | 38-03.758473N | | |
Longitude: | 117-05.679145W | | |
Elevation: | 5420.1 ft. | | |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Markings: | NSTD, in good condition | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | NYE COUNTY P O BOX 1031 TONOPAH, NV 89049 Phone (775) 209-4174 FBO PHONE (775) 482-3626. |
Manager: | TIM DAHL PUBLIC WORKS, 250 N. HWY 160 #2 PAHRUMP, NV 89060 Phone (775) 751-6262 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 9 | Single engine airplanes: | | 7 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 1 | Helicopters: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 132/week * | 53% | transient general aviation | 27% | air taxi | 16% | local general aviation | 5% | military | * for 12-month period ending 30 May 2019 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC LOS ANGELES ARTCC AT 661-575-2079. |
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 from 31 December 2020 at 0901Z to 28 January 2021 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 15 | |
download (206KB) |
VOR OR GPS-A | |
download (174KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (19KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (540KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KTNX - Tonopah Test Range Airport (21 nm SE)
KBIH - Bishop Airport (73 nm SW)
KHTH - Hawthorne Industrial Airport (78 nm W)
KMMH - Mammoth Yosemite Airport (87 nm W)
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Sectional chart |
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Download PDF of official airport diagram from the FAA
Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 19-Jan-2021
| | Local (UTC-8) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:34 | | 14:34 |
Sunrise | | 07:03 | | 15:03 |
Sunset | | 16:56 | | 00:56 |
Evening civil twilight | | 17:24 | | 01:24 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 19-Jan-2021 11:11:16 |
Local (UTC-8) | 19-Jan-2021 03:11:16 |
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METAR |
KTPH | 191056Z AUTO 01013KT 10SM CLR M03/M13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T10331128 $
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TAF |
KTPH | 190520Z 1906/2006 01015G25KT P6SM SKC FM191900 13011KT P6SM BKN080 FM200200 02009KT P6SM FEW060
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NOTAMs |
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