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Battle Mountain Airport
Battle Mountain Airport
	IATA: BAM; ICAO: KBAM; FAA LID: BAM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Lander County
Serves	Battle Mountain, Nevada
Location	Lander County, near Battle Mountain, Nevada
Elevation AMSL	4,532 ft / 1,381 m
Coordinates	40°35′59″N 116°52′34″W / 40.59972°N 116.87611°W
Runways
Helipads
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Battle Mountain Airport (IATA: BAM, ICAO: KBAM, FAA LID: BAM), also known as Lander County Airport, is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States. This general aviation airport is owned by Lander County and operated by the Battle Mountain Airport Authority.

History

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Battle Mountain Flight Strip. It was an emergency landing airfield by the Reno Army Air Base for military aircraft on training flights. It was also designated as a CAA Intermediate Field for civil aircraft emergency use. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).^[2]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,066 acres (431 ha) and has two runways and two helipads:

3/21: 7,299 x 150 ft (2,225 x 46 m), surface: asphalt
12/30: 7,300 x 100 ft (2,225 x 30 m), surface: asphalt
Helipad H1: 60 x 60 ft (18 x 18 m), surface: concrete
Helipad H2: 60 x 60 ft (18 x 18 m), surface: concrete

Organizations

BAM is home to the Battle Mountain Air Attack Base, which is run by the Bureau of Land Management.^[3] The Air Attack Base provides air tanker support for fire suppression in northern Nevada.^[4] The Nevada Division of Forestry also operates an air tanker base at BAM.^[5]

Displays

Several aerospace exhibits are available at the airport.^[6]^[7]

Popular culture

The airstrip at Battle Mountain was used as a setting by novelist Dale Brown in his techno-thriller novel Battle Born.

References

^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for BAM PDF
^ "Army and Air Force Flying Fields in the USA". 2008-10-07. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ "AIR ATTACK BASE OPEN HOUSE AND SMOKEY'S 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION". Bureau of Land Management. 2004-07-30. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ "Battle Mountain Fire Program". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ "Aviation". Nevada Division of Forestry. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ "1966 USAF Serial Numbers". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.

Other sources

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History's Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
Brown, Dale (1999) Battle Born, 416 pp.(hardcover). Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1999.