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Tonopah Airport

Tonopah, United States

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Remote Nevada desert gateway serving Tonopah and surrounding mining country.

Location

Tonopah, United States

Tonopah Airport (IATA: TPH, ICAO: KTPH) is a public-use general aviation airport located in Tonopah, Nevada, United States, situated in the high desert of Nye County at an elevation of approximately 5,426 feet above sea level. The airport serves the small community of Tonopah, a historic mining town in central Nevada, primarily supporting general aviation, charter operations, and emergency services. The airport has no scheduled commercial airline service and functions mainly as a reliever and utility airport for the region. Its remote location in the Great Basin desert makes it an important resource for medical transport, mining industry operations, and private pilots traversing Nevada's vast interior. Tonopah is also notable for its proximity to the Nevada Test and Training Range and other restricted military airspace, which characterizes much of the aviation environment in central Nevada.

Terminals

The airport has no commercial terminal; facilities are minimal and oriented toward general aviation operations.

Getting to & from

Ground transportation to downtown Tonopah is limited, with private vehicle and rental car being the primary options given the lack of public transit.

Notable facts

›Located at an elevation of approximately 5,426 feet above sea level in the Nevada high desert.
›No scheduled commercial airline service operates at Tonopah Airport.
›Serves Nye County, one of the largest counties by area in the contiguous United States.
›The airport is situated near extensive military restricted airspace associated with the Nevada Test and Training Range.
›Tonopah is a historic silver and gold mining town, and the airport supports mining-related general aviation activity.

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Tonopah Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Tonopah, in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

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