Spanish Springs Airport
N86 · Reno, Nevada · Washoe County · map
Spanish Springs Airport is a public-use airport, 10 miles north of Reno, Nevada, 4,620 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,418 feet of dirt.
The FAA lists this airport as closed indefinitely.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N86
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 4,620 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,418 × 60 ft | Dirt, failed | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 17: other 62 ft high 1,589 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, building 26 ft high 213 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Reno from the FAA register
670 aircraft are registered to owners in Reno, Nevada: 415 piston singles, 64 business jets, 42 piston twins, 39 turboprops, 31 balloons. 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 · 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
- VFR use only.
- Par taxiway closed indefinitely.
- Mountains west and north.
- Runway 17/35 closed indefinitely. Marked with yellow X'S at each end.
- Runway edge not marked with reflectors.
- Rock crusher silo
- Rock crushing / quarry equipment
- Runway 17/35 closed indefinitely.
- Runway 17 gradient +2.5% first 5OO'.
- Runway 17/35 hazardous when wet.
- Uncontrolled vehicle access across runways.
- Runway 17/35 thlds marked with 4 white cement pads flush to the ground.
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.