# Carson Airport (CSN / KCXP)

**Carson Airport** (IATA: CSN, ICAO: KCXP) is a medium airport in Carson City, Nevada, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 6,101 ft (1,860 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CSN / KCXP
- FAA: CXP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Carson City, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 4,704 ft / 1,434 m
- Coordinates: 39.1943, -119.7343
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,101 ft / 1,860 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://flycarsoncity.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1962339
- Weather station: KCXP
- Ident: KCXP

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Carson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06515AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | =4,402 of 29,858 | =1,176 in North America | =914 in US |
| Elevation | 4,704 ft / 1,434 m | #2,434 of 43,403 | #1,304 in North America | #1,024 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.925 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## 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/kcxp/data