Alamo Landing Field is a public-use

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located west of the

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, in Lincoln County,

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. The airport is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. It is the closest public-use airport to

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History

This airport was abandoned prior to 1959 and resumed service around 1994. It was also known as Pahranagat Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Alamo Landing Field covers an area of at an

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of above

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. It has one

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with

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surface: 14/32 is . For the 12-month period ending May 16, 2023, the airport had 1,465 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per week: 24%

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, 73%

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, and 3%

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Aerial photo as of September 1999
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History

Facilities and aircraft

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