| Silver Springs Airport | |
| Icao: | KSPZ |
| Faa: | SPZ |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Lyon County |
| Operator: | Silver Springs Airport, LLC |
| City-Served: | Silver Springs, Nevada |
| Elevation-F: | 4,265.2 |
| Elevation-M: | 1,300 |
| R1-Number: | 6/24 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,001 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,828 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 3/31/2022) |
| Stat1-Data: | 12,660 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 15 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Silver Springs Airport is two miles southwest of Silver Springs, in Lyon County, Nevada. It is owned by Lyon County and leased to Silver Springs Airport, LLC.[2]
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is SPZ to the FAA and has no IATA code[3] (IATA assigned SPZ to Springdale Municipal Airport in Springdale, Arkansas).[4]
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Churchill Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield for military training flights. It closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration.
Silver Springs Airport covers 400acres at an elevation of 4265.2feet. Its single runway, 6/24, is 6001feetby75feetft (byft).
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2022, the airport had 12,660 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 85% general aviation and 14% military. 15 aircraft at that time were based at this airport, 14 single-engine and 1 military.
The airport started improvements in 2016, including jet fuel support.[5]