Beatty Airport
airport in Nevada, United States of America
Beatty Airport (IATA: BTY, ICAO: KBTY, FAA LID: BTY) is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Beatty, a town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Facilities and aircraft
Beatty Airport covers an area of 440 acres (180 ha) at an elevation of 3,169 feet (966 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,615 by 60 feet (1,711 x 18 m).
For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2023, the airport had 2,265 aircraft operations, an average of 43 per month: 80% general aviation, 4% air taxi, and 16% military. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 5 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 2 glider.
See also
List of airports in Nevada
References
External links
"Diagram of Beatty Airport (BTY)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
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