Carson City Airport (CXP)

CXP
Carson City Airport (CXP)
Carson City, NV
Latest photos of Carson City Airport (CXP)
CXP, Carson City is seen near mts.Dirt crosswind runway(seen best) was welcome on one arrival with gusty 35kt winds with 5-10 seconds of dead calm mixed in .Nasty stuff but the dirt runway was perfectly aligned for my Tcraft.View is north., photo by S B J
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CXP, On downwind at Carson City and arriving during a mini air show in 1984.Small plane on taxi way after takeoff did a 180 and a low level pass (at us) as we were on short final.Another memorable landing at CXP., photo by S B J
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Location & QuickFacts
FAA Information Effective 2026-07-09
Airport Identifier CXP
Airport Status Operational
Longitude/Latitude 119°43'57.2540" W / 39°11'32.2950" N
-119.732571 / 39.192304 (Estimated)
Elevation 4704.40 ft / 1433.90 m (Surveyed)
Land 632 acres
From nearest city 3 nautical miles NE of Carson City, NV
Location Carson City County, NV
Magnetic Variation 14E (2010)
Owner & Manager
Ownership Publicly owned
Owner CARSON CITY AIRPORT AUTHORITY
Address 2600 E. COLLEGE PARKWAY, NO. 6
CARSON CITY, NV 89706
Phone number 775-841-2255
Manager COREY JENKINS
Address 2600 E. COLLEGE PARKWAY #6
CARSON CITY, NV 89706
Phone number 775-841-2255
Airport Operations and Facilities
Airport Use Open to public
Wind indicator Yes
Segmented Circle Yes
Control Tower NON-ATCT
Lighting Schedule SEE RMK
Beacon Color White-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge No
Sectional chart SAN FRANCISCO
Region AWP - Western-Pacific
Responsible ARTCC ZOA - OAKLAND
Tie-in FSS RNO - RENO
FSS on Airport No
FSS Toll Free 1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility CXP (NOTAM-d service available)
Airport Communications
CTAF 123.0 MHz
UNICOM 123.0 MHz
AWOS-3PT CXP (775-884-4708)
Airport Services
Fuel types 100LL,A
Airframe repair MAJOR
Power plant repair MAJOR
Bottled oxygen HIGH
Bulk oxygen HIGH
Transient storage Buoy, Hangar, Tiedown
Other services AMB,AVNCS,CARGO,CHTR,INSTR,RNTL,SALES
Runway Information
Runway 09/27
Dimensions 6101 x 75 ft (1860 x 23 m)
Surface ASPH (EXCELLENT)
Surface treatment Saw-cut or plastic Grooved
Edge lights Medium
09 27
Alignment 103° 283°
Physical elevation 4704.40 ft 4695.10 ft
Coordinates 39.194227 / -119.743044 39.190381 / -119.722098
Traffic pattern Right Left
Runway marking Non-precision instrument , Good Condition Non-precision instrument , Good Condition
VGSI 2-light PAPI on left
*UNUSBL BYD 2 NM FM RWY THR; BYD 3 DEGS LEFT AND RIGHT OF CNTRLN; AT NGT.
2-light PAPI on left
*UNUSBL BYD 1.3 NM.
Runway end lights Yes Yes
CL lights No No
TDZ lights No No
Remarks
  • RY 27 IS PREF CALM WIND RY.
  • COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -18C.
  • UAS/UAV, ULTRALIGHT, GLIDER ACT ON AND INVOF ARPT.
  • FOR CD CTC NORCAL APCH AT 916-361-6874.
  • ARPT OPS AFT HRS CTC FONE 775-443-7288.