{{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox airport | name = Owyhee Airport | image = | IATA = <!--none--> | ICAO = <!--none--> | FAA = 1ØU | type = Public | owner = Shoshone-Paiute Tribes | operator = | city-served = Owyhee, Nevada | location = <!--if different than above--> | elevation-f = 5,377 | website = | coordinates = {{coord|41|57|13|N|116|10|55|W|region:US-NV_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = USA Nevada#USA | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_mapsize = 150 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Nevada | pushpin_label = '''1ØU''' | pushpin_label_position = bottom | r1-number = 5/23 | r1-length-f = 4,700 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2022 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 8/31/2022) | stat1-data = 1,980 | footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=10U|use=PU|own=PU|site=13106.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective October 5, 2022.</ref> }}
'''Owyhee Airport''' {{airport codes|||1ØU}} is a public use airport located {{convert|4|nmi|mi km}} west of the central business district of Owyhee, in Elko County, Nevada, United States.<ref name="FAA" /> It is owned by the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes<ref name="FAA" /> and is located within the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB | work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010 }} </ref>
==History== The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as '''Owyhee Flight Strip'''. It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights. It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA).<ref>{{AFHRA}}</ref><ref>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.</ref>
== Facilities and aircraft == Owyhee Airport covers an area of {{convert|728|acre}} at an elevation of {{convert|5377|ft}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|4700|by|60|ft}}.<ref name="FAA" /> For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2022, the airport had 1,980 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week, 91% general aviation, and 9% military.<ref name="FAA" />
==See also== * List of airports in Nevada
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== External links == * {{cite web |url= http://www.nevadadot.com/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Planning/Aviation/Documents/Airport_Directory/10U.pdf |title= Diagram of Owyhee Airport (1ØU) |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050328/http://www.nevadadot.com/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Planning/Aviation/Documents/Airport_Directory/10U.pdf |archivedate= 2016-03-04 }} from Nevada DOT * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=41.9532&lon=-116.1876&w=450&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of June 1994] from USGS ''The National Map'' * {{US-airport-minor|10U}}
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Category:Airports in Nevada Category:Transportation in Elko County, Nevada Category:Buildings and structures in Elko County, Nevada Category:Airports established in 1942 Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Nevada Category:Flight Strips of the United States Army Air Forces Category:Native American airports Category:1942 establishments in Nevada Category:Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
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