Austin Airport (Nevada)

Austin Airport (IATA: ASQ[2], ICAO: KTMT, FAA LID: TMT, formerly 9U3[3]) is a public use airport owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Austin, in Lander County, Nevada, United States.[1]

For the international airport in Austin, Texas, see Austin–Bergstrom International Airport.
Austin Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerU.S. Bureau of Land Management
ServesAustin, Nevada
Elevation AMSL5,735 ft / 1,748 m
Coordinates39°28′05″N 117°11′51″W
Map
TMT
Location of airport in Nevada
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations1,400
Based aircraft6

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned TMT by the FAA[1] and ASQ by the IATA[2][4] (which assigned TMT to Porto Trombetas Airport in Pará, Brazil).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Austin Airport covers an area of 1,205 acres (488 ha) at an elevation of 5,735 feet (1,748 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 75 feet (1,829 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2012, the airport had 1,400 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per month: 93% general aviation and 7% military. At that time there were six aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for TMT (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "IATA Airport Code Search (ASQ: Austin)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. "Austin Airport (9U3)". FAA data republished by AirNav. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010.
  4. "Austin, Nevada, United States (IATA: ASQ, ICAO: KTMT, FAA: TMT)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  5. "Porto Trombetas, Pará, Brazil (IATA: TMT, ICAO: SBTB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
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