Las Vegas Municipal Airport
35°39′15″N 105°08′33″W / 35.65417°N 105.14250°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Las Vegas, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,877 ft / 2,096 m | ||||||||||||||
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Las Vegas Municipal Airport (IATA: LVS, ICAO: KLVS, FAA LID: LVS) is five miles (8 km) northeast of Las Vegas, in San Miguel County, New Mexico.[1]
The Las Vegas, NM airport was a stop on the original north-south mainline air route between Denver and El Paso that began in 1929. Mid-Continental Air Express first flew the route which included stops at Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Western Air Express acquired the route by 1933 followed by Varney Speed Lines in 1934. Varney originally used Lockheed Vega aircraft and then evolved into Continental Airlines in 1937 with Lockheed Electra followed by Lockheed Lodestar aircraft.
There was an interruption in service for a while during the late 1930s but Continental returned with Douglas DC-3 aircraft and stops were added at Trinidad, Colorado as well as at Raton, Socorro, Truth or Consequences, and Las Cruces, New Mexico. Continental's service was suspended in 1952 due to airport conditions. A second carrier, Pioneer Airlines also served Las Vegas with DC-3's from 1948 through 1952 on the carrier's route between Albuquerque and Dallas that included stops at Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Tucumcari, Clovis, Lubbock, Abilene, Mineral Wells, and Ft. Worth. Two smaller commuter airlines have since made brief visits to Las Vegas, NM: Trans Central Airlines in 1969/1970 with flights to Albuquerque and Denver on a route similar to that of Continental, and Territorial Airlines in 1990 with flights to Albuquerque and Raton, NM.[2]
Facilities
The airport covers 1,300 acres (530 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 5,004 x 75 ft (1,525 x 23 m) and 14/32 is 8,198 x 75 ft (2,499 x 23 m).[1]
In the year ending April 11, 2006 the airport had 11,350 aircraft operations, average 31 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. 14 aircraft were then based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 7% jet.[1]
In film
The airport appeared in the 2011 film Haywire.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for LVS PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Various timetables by Continental, Pioneer, Trans Central, and Territorial Airlines
- ^ http://www.emanuellevy.com/comment/haywire-location-shooting/
External links
- Las Vegas Municipal Airport at City of Las Vegas web site
- The First Las Vegas at SW Aviator Magazine
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for LVS
- AirNav airport information for KLVS
- ASN accident history for LVS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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