Silver Springs Airport (ICAO: KSPZ, FAA LID: SPZ, formerly B08) is two miles southwest of Silver Springs, in Lyon County, Nevada.[1] It is owned by Lyon County[1] and leased to Silver Springs Airport, LLC.[2]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is SPZ to the FAA[1] and has no IATA code[3] (IATA assigned SPZ to Springdale Municipal Airport in Springdale, Arkansas).[4]

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Churchill Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military training flights. It closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration.

Facilities

Silver Springs Airport covers 400 acres (160 ha) at an elevation of 4,269 ft (1,301 m). Its single runway, 6/24, is 5,998 by 75 ft (1,828 by 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2007, the airport had 4,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 333 per month. 14 aircraft were based at this airport, 50% single-engine and 50% ultralight.[1]

The airport started improvements in 2016, including jet fuel support.[5]

References

Other sources

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website https://www.afhra.af.mil/.
• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.

External links

• "Diagram of Silver Springs Airport (B08)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-01. (42.0 KB) from Nevada DOT
• Aerial photo as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for SPZ
  • AirNav airport information for SPZ
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for SPZ