Carson City Airport
CXP · KCXP · Carson City, Nevada · Carson City County · map
Carson City Airport is a public-use airport owned by Carson City Airport Authority, 3 miles northeast of Carson City, Nevada, 4,704 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,101 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCXP · observed 2:50 pm PDT (21:50 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots, gusting to 10
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCXP 062150Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM CLR 30/M03 A3015 RMK AO2
TAF KCXP 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM062000 07010KT P6SM FEW100 FM070300 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CXP · ICAO KCXP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Carson City Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 4,704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,101 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, hill 55 ft high 1,739 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 133.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Cxp and aWOS-3PT | 119.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 775-884-4708.
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.
Aircraft registered in Carson City from the FAA register
957 aircraft are registered to owners in Carson City, Nevada: 657 piston singles, 114 piston twins, 69 helicopters, 57 turboprops, 32 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 34 since 1982, 1 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
- Located in Carson City; consolidated municipality.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 on continuously.
- Unusable beyond 2 NM from runway threshold; beyond 3 degreess left and right of centerline; at night.
- Unusable beyond 1.3 NM.
- Drone (UAS)/drone (UAV), ultralight, glider act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 27 is pref calm wind runway.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -18C.
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.