Dyer Airport
2Q9 · Dyer, Nevada · Esmeralda County · map
Dyer Airport is a public-use airport owned by Esmeralda County, 6 miles southeast of Dyer, Nevada, 4,899 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,870 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2Q9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Esmeralda County
- Elevation
- 4,899 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,870 × 50 ft | Dirt, poor |
- Runway 12: pole 25 ft high 440 ft from the end
- Runway 30: trees 40 ft high 1,245 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Dyer from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Dyer, Nevada: 2 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 · 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
- Full stop landing only.
- No permission tie-downs.
- +4 feet berms both sides. Arrival runway 30 and departure runway 12 recommended wind pmtg due to obstructions.
- Varies northwest end due to weeds.
- Power lines north of runway present an obstruction; aircraft must ensure adqt climb/descent clnc. Mkr balls are installed only on lwr wires, LV upper wires unmarked.
- Threshold marked with tires.
- Threshold marked with tires.
- Runway end marked with black tires; west tires placed off to the side. Non standard markings.
- Runway end marked with west painted tires; non standard mrkg.
- Power line marked with orange balls.
- Soft surface unusable for aircraft with small or nrw tires.
- Ctn: horses, cattle and large animals may be on 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.