| Owyhee Airport | |
| Faa: | 1ØU |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Shoshone-Paiute Tribes |
| City-Served: | Owyhee, Nevada |
| Elevation-F: | 5,377 |
| Coordinates: | 41.9536°N -116.1819°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Nevada#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Nevada |
| Pushpin Label: | 1ØU |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| R1-Number: | 5/23 |
| R1-Length-F: | 4,700 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 8/31/2022) |
| Stat1-Data: | 1,980 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Owyhee Airport is a public use airport located 4nmi west of the central business district of Owyhee, in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is owned by the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and is located within the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Owyhee Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).[3]
Owyhee Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 4700by. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2022, the airport had 1,980 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week, 91% general aviation, and 9% military.