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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
45
▲ 3070.0%
DEP / DAY
52
▲ 6016.7%

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 45 arrivals and 52 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 21 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
21
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KLOL, 59 mi away (88NV does not publish METAR)

29m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
15 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLOL 032253Z AUTO 25015G24KT 10SM OVC110 25/02 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP064 T02500017

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

23L
71% of ops
260 land · 2 TO
23R
20% of ops
72 land · 387 TO
5R
7% of ops
27 land · 0 TO
5L
1% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 23L carries 71% of operations (260 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23R at 20%.

Approach quality

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

23L 260 landings
UA 13%
23R 72 landings
UA 39%
5R 27 landings
UA 48%
5L 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 23L show a 13% unstable-approach rate (33 UA events from 260 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
21.4
flights/day · 643 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 12am
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–7pm local, averaging 21.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (15.1 vs 24.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

75 · 13%
57 · 10%
53 · 9%
53 · 9%
48 · 8%
45 · 8%
Activity is led by (13% of 565 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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nontexan
9/27/2016
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
9/1/2013
Burning man!
Amazing place to fly to! You got to go some time!
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