Carson City Airport

Carson Airport Carson City Airport
IATA: CSN ICAO: KCXP FAA LID: CXP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Carson City Airport Authority
Serves	Carson City, Nevada
Elevation AMSL	4,704 ft / 1,432 m
Coordinates	39°11′32″N 119°44′04″W / 39.19222°N 119.73444°W / 39.19222; -119.73444
Website	http://flycarsoncity.com
Map
CXP Show map of Nevada CXP Show map of the US Location of airport in Nevada / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 6,100 1,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 83,500 Based aircraft 223
Source: FAA and airport web site

Carson Airport (IATA: CSN, ICAO: KCXP, FAA LID: CXP) (Carson City Airport) is three miles northeast of Carson City, the capital of Nevada. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is CXP to the FAA and CSN to the IATA (which assigned CXP to Tunggul Wulung Airport in Java, Indonesia).

Carson Airport covers 632 acres (256 ha) at an elevation of 4,697 feet (1,432 m). Its runway (9/27) is 5,906 by 75 feet (1,800 x 23 m).

In the year ending June 30, 2009 the airport had 83,500 aircraft operations, average 228 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. 223 aircraft were then based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 3% jet, <1% helicopter, 1% glider and 9% ultralight. Based aircraft include several amphibians that fly to and land on nearby Lake Tahoe.