Searchlight Airport
1L3 · Searchlight, Nevada · Clark County · map
Searchlight Airport is a public-use airport owned by Turnbull, LLC, 1 mile sse of Searchlight, Nevada, 3,413 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,040 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1L3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Turnbull, LLC
- Elevation
- 3,413 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1953
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,040 × 70 ft | Asphalt, failed | |
| H1 | 46 × 46 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H2 | 46 × 46 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 16: fence 5 ft high 275 ft from the end
- Runway 34: brush 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Searchlight from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Searchlight, NV as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 15 may 1959. Approved iaw asn 2020-AWP-1742-NRA.
- 3481 feet lighted mtn southwest.
- 5 feet fence 83 feet L and parl to centerline.
- 2-4 feet brush south end of runway in rsa.
- Tlof 46X46 feet; fato 85X85 feet; ingress/egress 340/160.
- Tlof 46X46 feet; fato 85X85 feet; ingress/egress 340/160.
- Markings badly faded and no longer serviceable. Under tall brush at southern 1000 feet of runway
- Markings faded and brush cvrd.
- There are no helipad markings
- Helipad markings do N0T exist
- Severe cracking, fod, and delamination; surface lift is failing and underlying layers exposed.
- Unlighted 165 feet power line 3.2 MI south of runway.
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.