Elko Regional Airport
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Elko Regional Airport J.C. Harris Field |
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Elko Regional Airport terminal
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Elko | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Elko, Nevada | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,140 ft / 1,567 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′30″N 115°47′30″W / 40.82500°N 115.79167°WCoordinates: 40°49′30″N 115°47′30″W / 40.82500°N 115.79167°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 20,151 |
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| Based aircraft | 79 |
Elko Regional Airport (IATA: EKO, ICAO: KEKO, FAA LID: EKO), formerly Elko Municipal Airport, is a mile west of downtown Elko, in Elko County, Nevada.
The airport was named J.C. Harris Field in 1975 in honor of Jess C. Harris, a sheriff from Elko known as "The Flying Sheriff".
On April 6, 1926, when it was called Elko Airport, the airfield was the terminus for the first scheduled air mail run in the United States, flown by Varney Air Lines. Varney was a predecessor of United Air Lines.
As early as 1931, Elko was stop on a passenger service between New York City and San Francisco. In the June 15, 1931 timetable United Airlines predecessor National Air Transport flew New York City - Cleveland - Toledo - Chicago, connecting to Boeing Air Transport's flight to Iowa City - Des Moines - Omaha - Lincoln - North Platte - Cheyenne - Rock Springs - Salt Lake City - Elko - Reno - Sacramento - Oakland. Schedule time was 31 hours westbound and 28 hours eastbound. United later served Elko with Boeing 247s, Douglas DC-3s and Convair 340s.
In 1977 United Boeing 737-200s flew San Francisco - Reno - Elko - Ely - Salt Lake City and back; in 1982 United ended this flight, which had been United's last piston powered service. In the April 27, 1969 timetable, a Douglas DC-6 flew San Francisco - Oakland - Reno - Elko - Ely - Salt Lake City; the return trip skipped Oakland. This was the only piston flight in United's timetable. In 1970 United replaced the DC-6 flights with Convair 580s operated by Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) via a subcontract arrangement with these flights using the "UA" airline code before introducing Boeing 737s.
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