The airport was originally built in 1947 as an emergency landing area for aircraft leaving Nellis Air Force Base. Perkins Field is named for two local men, Woodruff and Elwood Perkins, who were killed during World War I and World War II.
Facilities and aircraftedit
Perkins Field covers an area of 250 acres (101 ha) at an elevation of 1,366 feet (416 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,811 by 75 feet (1,466 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 17, 2023, the airport had 7,506 aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day, 97% general aviation, and 2% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 16 single-engine, and 1 multi-engine.[1]
perkins, field, uØ8, public, government, airport, located, nautical, miles, north, central, business, district, overton, clark, county, nevada, united, states, also, known, overton, municipal, airport, citation, needed, owned, clark, county, commission, operat. Perkins Field 1 FAA LID UO8 is a public use government airport located two nautical miles 4 km north of the central business district of Overton in Clark County Nevada United States 1 Also known as Overton Municipal Airport citation needed it is owned by the Clark County Commission 1 and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation 2 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011 2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility 3 Perkins FieldOverton Municipal AirportIATA noneICAO noneFAA LID UO8SummaryAirport typePublicOwnerClark County CommissionOperatorClark County Department of AviationServesOverton NevadaElevation AMSL1 366 ft 416 mCoordinates36 34 05 N 114 26 36 W 36 56806 N 114 44333 W 36 56806 114 44333MapUO8Location of airport in NevadaShow map of NevadaUO8UO8 the United States Show map of the United StatesRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m13 31 4 811 1 466 AsphaltStatistics 2023 Aircraft operations year ending 5 17 2023 7 506Based aircraft17Source Federal Aviation Administration 1 Contents 1 History 2 Facilities and aircraft 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe airport was originally built in 1947 as an emergency landing area for aircraft leaving Nellis Air Force Base Perkins Field is named for two local men Woodruff and Elwood Perkins who were killed during World War I and World War II Facilities and aircraft editPerkins Field covers an area of 250 acres 101 ha at an elevation of 1 366 feet 416 m above mean sea level It has one runway designated 13 31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4 811 by 75 feet 1 466 x 23 m 1 For the 12 month period ending May 17 2023 the airport had 7 506 aircraft operations an average of 21 per day 97 general aviation and 2 military At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport 16 single engine and 1 multi engine 1 See also editList of airports in NevadaReferences edit a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for U08 PDF Federal Aviation Administration Effective October 5 2023 Overton Perkins Field Clark County Department of Aviation Retrieved June 14 2014 2011 2015 NPIAS Report Appendix A PDF 2 03 MB National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Federal Aviation Administration October 4 2010 External links edit Diagram of Perkins Field UO8 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 from Nevada DOT Aerial image as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map Resources for this airport FAA airport information for U08 AirNav airport information for U08 FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker SkyVector aeronautical chart for U08 nbsp This Nevada airport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Perkins Field amp oldid 1183367919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
