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).
Weather right now KRTS · observed 1:15 pm PDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.22 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRTS 062015Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 27/M01 A3022 RMK AO2
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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.
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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.