Reno/Stead Airport
RTS · KRTS · Reno, Nevada · Washoe County · map
Reno/Stead Airport is a public-use airport, 10 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada, 5,050 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 9,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 197 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 49,800 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Reno/Stead Airport?
Its FAA code is RTS, and its ICAO code is KRTS.
Where is Reno/Stead Airport?
It is 10 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada, 5,050 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Reno/Stead Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 14/32, is 9,000 feet long.
Does Reno/Stead Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Reno/Stead Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Reno/Stead Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Nevada Soaring Association INC and Dbat Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Reno/Stead Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 9 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 Reno/Stead Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RTS · ICAO KRTS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 5,050 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- MONDAY to FRIDAY, 7:00 am to 4:30 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
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 9,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 7,608 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,200 ft, 7,800 ft available for landing
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,956 ft available for landing
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 7,294 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.3 | |
| Rts and aWOS-3 | 135.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 775-677-0589.
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 freight, air ambulance, avionics, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Reno/Tahoe International (11 nm southeast), Truckee-Tahoe Airport (24 nm southwest), Nervino Airport (24 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 32 on continuously.
- TPA-6246(1200) heavy/high performance aircraft.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess right of centerline.
- PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Rng helicopter operations in the vicinity of airport; balloon operations northwest quad; tanker and fire operations in the vicinity of airport durg fire season.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -15C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 | 142 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 24 |
| helicopters | 6 |
| other | 16 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 49,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 15,000 |
| general aviation, local | 28,000 |
| military | 6,800 |
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 Reno from the FAA register
665 aircraft are registered to owners in Reno, Nevada: 414 piston singles, 62 business jets, 41 piston twins, 38 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, 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 Reno, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Nevada Soaring Association INC 7 aircraft · Reno, 13 miles away Nevada Soaring Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit flying club based in Reno, Nevada that promotes soaring flight.
- Dbat Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Reno, 13 miles away
- Reno Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Reno, 13 miles away
- Rno Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Reno, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Reno:
- Dreamline Aviation, LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate Dreamline Aviation is a jet and turboprop charter operator based in Los Angeles, California, with over 30 years of experience.
- Tranz-It Aviation LLC. 8 aircraft on the certificate
- Corporate Air Travel, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
- MindWinder Incorporated 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Gryphon Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Gryphon Aviation Leasing is a commercial aircraft trading and leasing company focused on fleet solutions for global airlines.
- AirTahoe LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate AirTahoe is a Part 135 FAA-certified on-demand air charter operator based in the Lake Tahoe region, providing point-to-point charter flights throughout the Western United States in a pressurized turboprop aircraft.
Repair stations in Reno:
- Aviation Classics LTD Aviation Classics, Ltd.
- Cross-Check Aviation
- Dassault Falcon Jet CORP.
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, 9 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 · Reno-Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) · Reno, NV (11 nm) · (775) 217-6281 · [email protected]
- Daniel Alan Britson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Reno, NV (11 nm) · (775) 771-3855 · [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 · Biggest Little Flight School · Reno, NV (11 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Reno, NV (11 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 (11 nm) · (435) 671-5949 · [email protected]
- Robert Michael Larkin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · RENO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Reno, NV (11 nm) · (775) 303-3255 · [email protected]
- Zachry Glass private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Reno, NV (11 nm) · (775) 772-4721 · [email protected]
- David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (24 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · [email protected]
All 22 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 · 39 since 1982, 7 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 Reno 665 aircraft · 414 piston singles, 62 business jets, 41 piston twins
- Tactical Air Support INC 15 aircraft in town
- Pond Warbirds LLC 14 aircraft in town
- N2893E LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Logistic Air INC 11 aircraft in town
- Flying Start Aero Services LLC 5 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Dreamline Aviation, LLC 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tranz-It Aviation LLC. 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Corporate Air Travel, LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- MindWinder Incorporated 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Nevada Soaring Association INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- Dbat Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Reno Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Aviation Classics LTD · repair station
- Cross-Check Aviation · repair station
- Dassault Falcon Jet CORP. · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 39 since 1982 · 7 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 4,587 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RTS.json.
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 26, 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.