Carson Airport is three miles northeast of Carson City, the capital of Nevada. It is operated by the Carson City Airport Authority. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is CXP to the FAA and CSN to the IATA .FacilitiesCarson Airport covers 632acre at an elevation of 4,697 feet (1,432 m). Its runway (9/27) is 5,906 by 75 feet (1,800 x 23 m).In the year ending June 30, 2009 the airport had 83,500 aircraft operations, average 228 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi. 223 aircraft were then based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 3% jet, <1% helicopter, 1% glider and 9% ultralight. Based aircraft include several amphibians that fly to and land on nearby Lake Tahoe.
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