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Tonopah Airport

For the World War II use of this facility, see Tonopah Army Air Field.
Tonopah Airport
Tonopah-5sep99.jpg
USGS aerial image, 1999
  • IATA: TPH
  • ICAO: KTPH
  • FAA LID: TPH
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNye County
ServesTonopah, Nevada
Elevation AMSL5,430 ft / 1,655 m
Coordinates38°03′37″N 117°05′12″W / 38.06028°N 117.08667°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 7,161 2,183 Asphalt
11/29 6,196 1,889 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations12,727
Based aircraft6

Tonopah Airport (IATA: TPH, ICAO: KTPH, FAA LID: TPH) is a county-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Tonopah, in Nye County, Nevada, United States.[1]

It incorporates the former Tonopah Army Airfield, a World War II installation where many units of the USAAF, such as the 357th Fighter Group, trained. The 357th (whose pilots included Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson among others) later flew P-51 Mustang fighters against the German Luftwaffe, from their base at Leiston, on the south-eastern coast of Britain.

Tonopah Airport

Facilities and aircraft

Tonopah Airport covers an area of 3,820 acres (1,550 ha) at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 is 7,161 by 80 feet (2,183 x 24 m) and 11/29 is 6,196 by 50 feet (1,889 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 30, 2009, the airport had 12,727 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 74% general aviation, 25% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time six aircraft were based here: 5 single-engine and 1 helicopter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for TPH PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 29, 2010.

External links

  • "Diagram of Tonopah Airport (TPH)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. from Nevada DOT
  • FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective January 28, 2021
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for TPH, effective January 28, 2021
  • Resources for this airport:


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