Eureka Airport
05U · Eureka, Nevada · Eureka County · map
Eureka Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Eureka, 6 miles northwest of Eureka, Nevada, 5,958 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 7,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 6 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,304 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05U
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Eureka
- Elevation
- 5,958 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,300 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 35 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 05U AWOS-3P | 128.325 | |
| Battle Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 775-237-0707.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,304, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Eureka from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Eureka, Nevada: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. Dusk to dawn; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- County of Eureka
- Unlighted power lines and poles penetrate 20 - 1 approach surface.
- Unlighted power lines and poles.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -17C.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.