Battle Mountain Airport
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| 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 / 40.59972; -116.87611 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
The airport covers 1,066 acres (431 ha) and has two runways and two helipads:
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]
Several aerospace exhibits are available at the airport.[6][7]
The airstrip at Battle Mountain was used as a setting by novelist Dale Brown in his techno-thriller novel Battle Born.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
