Ely Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Ely Airport
nativename = Yelland Field


IATA = ELY
ICAO = KELY
FAA = ELY
type =
owner = White Pine County
operator =
city-served = Ely, Nevada
location =
elevation-f = 6,259
elevation-m = 1,908
coordinates = nowrap|coord|39|17|59|N|114|50|31|W|type:airport_region:US
website =
r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-f = 6,018
r1-length-m = 1,834
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 4,814
r2-length-m = 1,467
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 10,260
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 28
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=ELY|use=PU|own=PU|site=13051.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Ely Airport airport codes|ELY|KELY|ELY, also known as Yelland Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Ely, a city in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is served by one commercial airline, with service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

History

On November 12, 2006, Air Midwest (operating as U.S. Airways Express) commenced service to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. These flights include a stop at Cedar City Regional Airport in Cedar City, Utah, because McCarran requires Transportation Security Administration screening not available at Ely Airport. [ [http://www.elynews.com/articles/2006/09/22/news/news03.txt Mesa Air to provide Las Vegas flights (Sep. 22, 2006)] ] Previously, scheduled service was provided by Scenic Airlines with flights to North Las Vegas Airport and Elko Regional Airport.

Airline and destinations

* Great Lakes Airlines (Moab)

Facilities and aircraft

Ely Airport covers an area of convert|3450|acre|km2|0|lk=on which contains two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 measuring 6,018 x 150 ft. (1,834 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 4,814 x 60 ft. (1,467 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 10,260 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 76% general aviation, 23% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 43% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 7% glider and 36% ultralight.

References

External links

*PDF| [http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/aviation/diagrams/pdf/17yellan.pdf Nevada DOT Airport Diagram] |19.5 KiB
*US-airport-ga|ELY