Searchlight Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. Bureau of Land Management | ||||||||||
| Serves | Searchlight, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,413 ft / 1,040 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°26′40″N 114°54′34″W / 35.44444°N 114.90944°W | ||||||||||
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Searchlight Airport (FAA LID: 1L3) is a public use airport owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and located two nautical miles (4 km) south of Searchlight, in Clark County, Nevada, United States.[1] The airport is approximately 70 miles (110 km) south of Las Vegas.
History
[edit]The United States Air Force built the airstrip in the early 1950s, as an emergency alternate paved airstrip for Nellis Air Force Base.[2]
The airport was operated by Clark County Department of Aviation until 2006.[3]
Bill and Joan Turnbull of Seattle, Washington, bought the roughly 40-acre property out of foreclosure in 2015 with the intent of developing a residential airpark and commercial airport.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Searchlight Airport covers an area of 179 acres (72 ha) at an elevation of 3,413 feet (1,040 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,040 by 70 feet (1,536 x 21 m).[1] It offers no services and is uncontrolled, unmanned, and unlighted.[2] In 2024, runway 16/34 was said to be "closed indefinitely for repairs". For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2011, the airport had 300 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 25 per month.[1] In early 2017, the Searchlight Airport added unmanned aircraft operations as the first and fully operational commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-focused research and development park in the U.S.[5] In early 2018, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight operations for small UAS began at the park. In late 2018, the FAA approved a 38-mile BVLOS corridor between Searchlight and Boulder City for UAS.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1L3 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "Searchlight Airport". Clark County Department of Aviation. Archived from the original on February 24, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
- ^ "Las Vegas community profile" (PDF). LasVegasNevada.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
- ^ "Bought out of foreclosure, Searchlight airpark could become a draw for RC enthusiasts - VEGAS INC". July 2015.
- ^ "Once-abandoned Searchlight subdivision may soon be buzzing with drones". 14 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- "Diagram of Searchlight Airport (1L3)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. from Nevada DOT
- Aerial image as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1L3
- AirNav airport information for 1L3
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1L3