Elko Regional
EKO · KEKO · Elko, Nevada · Elko County · map
Elko Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Elko, 1 mile west of Elko, Nevada, 5,140 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 7,454 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KEKO · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.24 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 from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEKO 061856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/01 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP182 T02500011
TAF KEKO 061720Z 0618/0718 27005KT P6SM SKC FM070200 07003KT 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 EKO · ICAO KEKO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Elko
- Elevation
- 5,140 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 9:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 7,454 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,015 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 7,217 ft available for landing, road 24 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 24: LDA with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,036 ft, 6,418 ft available for landing, pole 99 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 906 ft, 2,109 ft available for landing, pole 26 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 30: threshold displaced 143 ft, 2,872 ft available for landing, pole 30 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Eko and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Elko and rco | 122.6 | Elko |
| Battle Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 775-778-9639.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Elko from the FAA register
61 aircraft are registered to owners in Elko, Nevada: 48 piston singles, 8 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 42 since 1982, 5 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
- Runway 24 designated calm wind runway.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 on continuously.
- 100LL, a available 24/7.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- PAPI runway 24 does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 6.5 NM from threshold.
- Takeoff only on runway 12. Land only on runway 30.
- No tgl runway 12/30.
- Steep slope/gradient runway 30 upward.
- Surface conditions not mnt daily 0500-1400Z.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -25C.
- Incd bird act in the vicinity of airport MAR-SEP.
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.