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{{Infobox airport
| name         = Carson Airport
| nativename   = Carson City Airport
| image        = 
| IATA         = CSN
| ICAO         = KCXP
| FAA          = CXP
| type         = Public
| owner        = 
| operator     = Carson City Airport Authority
| city-served  = [[Carson City, Nevada]]
| location     = 
| elevation-f  = 4,704
| elevation-m  = 1,432
| coordinates  = {{coord|39|11|32|N|119|44|04|W|region:US-NV_type:airport}}
| website      = {{nowrap|[http://carsoncity-airport.com/ CarsonCity-Airport.com]}}
| r1-number    = 9/27
| r1-length-f  = 5,906
| r1-length-m  = 1,800
| r1-surface   = [[Asphalt]]
| stat-year    = 2009
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 83,500
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 223
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=CXP|use=PU|own=PU|site=13042.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. August 27, 2009.</ref> and airport web site<ref name="Airport">[http://carsoncity-airport.com/ Carson City Airport], official site</ref>
}}

'''Carson Airport'''<ref name="FAA" /><ref name="NDOT">{{PDFlink|[http://www.nevadadot.com/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Planning/Aviation/Documents/Airport_Directory/CXP.pdf Diagram of Carson Airport (CXP)]|29.6&nbsp;[[Kilobyte|KB]]<!--30,336 bytes-->}}. [[Nevada Department of Transportation]]. April 2007.</ref> {{airport codes|CSN|KCXP|CXP}}, also known as '''Carson City Airport''',<ref name="Airport" /> is a public use [[airport]] located three [[nautical miles]] (6&nbsp;km) northeast of the [[central business district]] of [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]],<ref name="FAA" /> the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nevada]]. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority.<ref name="Airport" /> According to the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]'s [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2009–2013, it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a ''[[reliever airport]]''.<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS): 2009-2013]. Federal Aviation Administration. October 1, 2008.</ref>

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], this airport is assigned '''CXP''' by the FAA<ref name="FAA" /> and '''CSN''' by the IATA<ref name="GCR">[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/CSN Great Circle Mapper: CSN / KCXP - Carson City, Nevada (Carson Airport)]</ref> (which assigned '''CXP''' to [[Tunggul Wulung Airport]] in [[Cilacap]], [[Java]], [[Indonesia]]).<ref>[http://gc.kls2.com/airport/CXP Great Circle Mapper: CXP / WIHL - Cilacap, Java, Indonesia (Tunggul Wulung Airport)]</ref>  The airport's [[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]] identifier is '''KCXP'''.<ref name="GCR" /><ref>[http://airnav.com/airport/KCXP AirNav: KCXP - Carson Airport]</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
[[Image:Grumman Goose Alaska Island Air.jpg|thumb|left|[[Grumman Goose]] amphibian aircraft at Carson Airport]] 
Carson Airport covers an area of {{convert|632|acre|ha}} at an [[elevation]] of 4,697 feet (1,432 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 9/27 with an [[asphalt]] surface measuring 5,906 by 75 feet (1,800 x 23 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, the airport had 83,500 aircraft operations, an average of 228 per day: 91% [[general aviation]] and 9% [[air taxi]]. At that time there were 223 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 11% multi-engine, 3% [[jet aircraft|jet]], <1% [[helicopter]], 1% [[Glider aircraft|glider]] and 9% [[ultralight]].<ref name="FAA" />
Based aircraft include several amphibians which frequently fly to and land in nearby [[Lake Tahoe]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=39.195&lon=-119.734&w=650&h=450&lp=---+None+--- Aerial photo as of September 1999] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-procedures|CXP}}
* {{US-airport-minor|CXP|CSN|KCXP}}

[[Category:Airports in Nevada]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Carson City, Nevada]]
[[Category:Transportation in Carson City, Nevada]]

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