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) and about 437 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 86,088 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Carson City Airport?
Its FAA code is CXP, and its ICAO code is KCXP.
Where is Carson City Airport?
It is 3 miles northeast of Carson City, Nevada, 4,704 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Carson City Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,101 feet long, asphalt.
Does Carson City Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Carson City Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Carson City Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Zephyrus Flyers LLC and Minden Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Carson City Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 Carson City 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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Minden-Tahoe Airport (12 nm south), Reno/Tahoe International (18 nm north), Truckee-Tahoe Airport (20 nm west).
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
- 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.
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
- Looking…
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 | 315 |
| multi-engine | 55 |
| jets | 28 |
| helicopters | 26 |
| other | 13 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 86,088, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 7,502 |
| general aviation, travelling | 39,002 |
| general aviation, local | 38,502 |
| military | 1,082 |
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 Carson City from the FAA register
961 aircraft are registered to owners in Carson City, Nevada: 661 piston singles, 115 piston twins, 70 helicopters, 55 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Carson City, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Skyking Aviation Services LLC Sky King Aviation Services LLC is a closed aviation services company based in Carson City, Nevada.
- Sport Aviation Center LLC Sport Aviation Center LLC is a fixed-base operation and flight school at Carson City Airport in Nevada.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Zephyrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Carson City
- Minden Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · Minden, 13 miles away
- Sierra Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Incline Village, 13 miles away High Sierra Pilots is a flying club offering aircraft access, flight training, and community events to members at two bases in Nevada.
- Centurion Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Crystal Bay, 15 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Carson City:
- Kingfisher Air Services Air Safari 8 aircraft on the certificate Kingfisher Air Services is a contract cargo carrier for DHL operating in the Caribbean.
Repair stations in Carson City:
- Bruce Aerospace INC Bruce Aerospace designs and manufactures custom aircraft lighting solutions, including cabin mood lighting, emergency escape path marking systems, LED exit signs, passenger information signage, and emergency lighting power supplies.
- Chromalloy Nevada
- High Sierra Pilots, LLC Stew's Aero Services is an FAA-certified repair station located at Carson City Airport in Nevada.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 10 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Anthony Lee Tisdale private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carson City Airport · Carson City, NV (0 nm) · (775) 217-6281 · [email protected]
- Howard William Wolvington private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · High Sierra Flying Club · Carson City, NV (0 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- Daniel Alan Britson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Reno, NV (18 nm) · (775) 771-3855 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Reno, NV (18 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · [email protected]
- Randy Ostman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Reno–Tahoe International Airport · Reno, NV (18 nm) · (435) 671-5949 · [email protected]
- Robert Michael Larkin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · RENO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Reno, NV (18 nm) · (775) 303-3255 · [email protected]
- Zachry Glass private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Reno, NV (18 nm) · (775) 772-4721 · [email protected]
- David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (20 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · [email protected]
All 23 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Carson City 961 aircraft · 661 piston singles, 115 piston twins, 70 helicopters
- International Air Services INC Trustee 613 aircraft in town
- Media Stew LLC 17 aircraft in town
- Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation INC 8 aircraft in town
- J P Aero Holdings INC 7 aircraft in town
- Skyking Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sport Aviation Center LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Kingfisher Air Services Air Safari 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Zephyrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Minden Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- Sierra Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Bruce Aerospace INC · repair station
- Chromalloy Nevada · repair station
- High Sierra Pilots, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 34 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 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nevada 51 landing places
- Nevada 4,585 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CXP.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.