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📍 Gerlach⬆ 3,904 ft6 runways
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Black Rock City Airport

40.75733°N
-119.21286°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 33.3%

Black Rock City Airport (88NV) is a small general aviation airport located in Gerlach, NV, 90 mi north of Reno. It features 6 runways with the longest being 6,022 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

6 installed

6,022 FT MAX
04/22
5,280 ft × 50
DIRT○ unlitCLOSED
5L/23R
6,022 ft × 75
Dirt● LIT
5R/23L
6,015 ft × 75
Dirt● LIT
H1
50 ft × 50
Dirt○ unlit
H2
50 ft × 50
Dirt○ unlit
H3
50 ft × 50
Dirt○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

5L
59% of ops
24 land · 0 TO
23L
24% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
5R
10% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
23R
7% of ops
3 land · 2 TO
Runway 5L carries 59% of operations (24 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23L at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

5L 24 landings
UA 0%
23L 10 landings
UA 0%
5R 4 landings
UA 0%
23R 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 5L show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.2
flights/day · 37 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 12am
Day vs night
38%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.4 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

13 · 35%
8 · 22%
3 · 8%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
2 · 5%
Activity is led by (35% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° E

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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nontexan
09/27/2016
Spread the playa dust
An interesting set up in the middle of the playa for the Burning Man event. Two runways were in place for 2016, one used for landing, one for take off. Be careful when taxiing - since the playa dust gets sent everywhere! Had fun landing a C310 here!
svanarts
09/01/2013
Burning man!
Amazing place to fly to! You got to go some time!
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