# Searchlight Airport (1L3)

**Searchlight Airport** (FAA: 1L3) is a small airport in Searchlight, Nevada, United States. It opened in Mar 1953. It has one runway, 5,040 ft (1,536 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1l3

## At a glance

- FAA: 1L3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Searchlight, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Mar 1953
- Elevation: 3,413 ft / 1,040 m
- Coordinates: 35.4444, -114.9090
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 2
- Longest runway: 5,040 ft / 1,536 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searchlight_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7441739
- Weather station: KIFP
- Ident: K1L3

## Timeline

- Mar 1953: Searchlight Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 5,040 ft / 1,536 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Asphalt | 176° / 356° |  |

- 16/34 slopes 2.2%: threshold 34 at 3,300 ft / 1,006 m, threshold 16 at 3,413 ft / 1,040 m.
- Also 2 helipads.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,040 ft / 1,536 m | =6,243 of 29,858 | =2,118 in North America | =1,722 in US |
| Elevation | 3,413 ft / 1,040 m | =4,528 of 43,403 | =2,353 in North America | =1,835 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =2,731 in North America | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [1L4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1l4.md) Kidwell Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [9CL4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9cl4.md) Hart Mine Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [US-4172](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4172.md) El Dorado Substation Airstrip · 25 mi / 40 km
- [IFP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kifp.md) Laughlin Bullhead International Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [AZ50](https://dromopedia.com/airports/az50.md) Triangle Airpark · 31 mi / 49 km
- [1AZ8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1az8.md) Willow Springs Ranch Airport · 32 mi / 51 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1l3/data