Yerington Municipal
O43 · Yerington, Nevada · Lyon County · map
Yerington Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Yerington, 1 mile north of Yerington, Nevada, 4,382 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,822 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O43
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Yerington
- Elevation
- 4,382 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,822 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, ant 35 ft high 902 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 1,785 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Mina and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.75 |
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Aircraft registered in Yerington from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Yerington, Nevada: 18 piston singles, 5 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 6 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02 and 20 on continuously.
- Automated UNICOM.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3.0 NM from runway threshold due to trrn.
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.