North Las Vegas Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Clark County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | North Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,205 ft / 672 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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North Las Vegas Airport (IATA: VGT, ICAO: KVGT, FAA LID: VGT) is three miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] It is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation.
Known locally as Northtown, it is the second busiest airport in the Las Vegas area and the third busiest in Nevada. It is the primary airport in the Las Vegas area for general aviation and scenic tours, allowing McCarran International Airport to focus on airline flights. North Las Vegas does offer limited regional airline service. Many helicopter operators including the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department use the airport.
The airport is certificated under 14 CFR Part 139.
History
The airport opened on December 7, 1941, as Sky Haven Airport. Given the significance of the date, only one of the three founders, Florence Murphy, remained to run the airport.[2]
Sky Rider Motel opened in the early 1960s during an expansion project at the airport, featuring a swimming pool shaped like an airplane.[2]
In 1968 Hughes Tool Company purchased the airport, then called North Las Vegas Air Terminal.[2]
Facilities
North Las Vegas Airport covers 920 acres (370 ha) at an elevation of 2,205 feet (672 m). It has three asphalt runways: 7/25 is 5,004 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m), 12R/30L is 5,000 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m), and 12L/30R is 4,202 by 75 feet (1,281 x 23 m).[1]
In the year ending February 7, 2007 the airport had 225,979 aircraft operations, average 619 per day: 86% general aviation, 13% air taxi and <1% military. 686 aircraft were then based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 2% jet, 8% helicopter and <1% ultralight.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Vision Airlines | Grand Canyon |
Runway incursions
The airport has worked on a program to reduce the number of runway incursions at the airport. For the year of 2007, North Las Vegas ranked #2 in airports with most runway incursions.
Incidents and accidents
On August 30, 1978, Las Vegas Airlines Flight 44, a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (N44LV), crashed in VFR conditions shortly after takeoff from runway 25. Flight 44 was a charter flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Santa Ana, California, with nine Australian tourists and a pilot on board. After liftoff following a longer-than-normal ground roll, the aircraft pitched nose up, climbed steeply to about 400 ft above the ground, stalled, reversed course, and crashed 1,150 ft beyond and 650 ft to the right of the runway. All persons on board the aircraft were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was a backed out elevator down-stop bolt that limited down elevator travel and made it impossible for the pilot to prevent a pitchup and stall after takeoff. There was no fire.[3][4][5]
On January 2, 2013, a twin-engine Piper Aerostar crashed and burst into flames at North Las Vegas Airport after a hard landing. The two occupants escaped uninjured.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for VGT PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 10, 2008.
- ^ a b c "The History of North Las Vegas Airport". North Las Vegas Airport. Clark County Department of Aviation. 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=89174
- ^ http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR79-08.pdf
- ^ http://www3.gendisasters.com/nevada/4600/las-vegas%2C-nv-plane-crashes-after-take-%2C-aug-1978
- ^ http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/20489406/plane-catches-fire-at-north-las-vegas-airport
External links
- North Las Vegas Airport - Official website
- Template:PDFlink from Nevada DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective November 28, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for VGT, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VGT
- AirNav airport information for KVGT
- ASN accident history for VGT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures