Battle Mountain Airport
BAM · KBAM · Battle Mountain, Nevada · Lander County · map
Battle Mountain Airport is a public-use airport owned by Lander County, 3 miles southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada, 4,536 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 10 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 64 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Battle Mountain Airport?
Its FAA code is BAM, and its ICAO code is KBAM.
Where is Battle Mountain Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada, 4,536 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Battle Mountain Airport?
The longest of its 4 runways, 04/22, is 7,300 feet long.
Does Battle Mountain Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Battle Mountain Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Battle Mountain Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BAM · ICAO KBAM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lander County
- Elevation
- 4,536 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,300 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 7,299 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
| H2 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bam and aWOS-3 | 119.45 | |
| Battle Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 775-635-8419.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, air ambulance, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Winnemucca Municipal (46 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Nevada · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- (E81) edge reflectors on taxiways and ramp.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 13/31; peri lights H1 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway nrs faded.
- Threshold markings faded.
- Runway nrs faded.
- Threshold markings faded.
- Black outline is partially vsb, west interior gone.
- Black outline partially vsb. West interior gone.
- Pci 54 L and T alligator patching, bone cracking, weeds growing through cracks.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 10 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 800 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,800 |
| general aviation, local | 1,240 |
| military | 360 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Battle Mountain from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Battle Mountain, Nevada: 8 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Battle Mountain 8 aircraft · 8 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Nevada 1,292 since 1982 · 221 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nevada 51 landing places
- Nevada 4,586 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BAM.json.
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 27, 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.