Alamo Landing Field

Alamo Landing Field
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: L92
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Serves	Alamo, Nevada
Elevation AMSL	3,719 ft / 1,134 m
Coordinates	37°21′45″N 115°11′40″W / 37.36250°N 115.19444°WCoordinates: 37°21′45″N 115°11′40″W / 37.36250°N 115.19444°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 5,000 1,524 Dirt 15/33 2,500 762 Dirt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 230
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Alamo Landing Field (FAA LID: L92) is a public-use airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the central business district of Alamo, in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.^[1] The airport is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.^[1] It is the closest public-use airport to Groom Lake.

History

This airport was abandoned prior to 1959 and resumed service around 1994. It was also known as Pahranagat Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Alamo Landing Field covers an area of 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 640 ft (200 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with dirt surfaces: 14/32 is 5,000 by 120 ft (1,524 by 37 m) and 15/33 is 2,500 by 70 ft (762 by 21 m). For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 230 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per month: 87% military and 13% general aviation.^[1]

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for L92 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.

External links

• "Diagram for Alamo Landing Field (L92)" (PDF). (21.3 KB) from Nevada DOT
• Aerial photo as of September 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for L92
  • AirNav airport information for L92
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for L92