# Salton Sea Airport (SAS / KSAS)

**Salton Sea Airport** (IATA: SAS, ICAO: KSAS) is a small airport in Salton City, California, United States. It opened in Jan 1960. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SAS / KSAS
- FAA: SAS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Salton City, California, United States
- Opened: Jan 1960
- Elevation: -84 ft / -26 m
- Coordinates: 33.2414, -115.9520
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7406176
- Weather station: KSAS
- Ident: KSAS

## Timeline

- Jan 1960: Salton Sea Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | -84 ft / -26 m | =43,392 of 43,403 | #19,428 in North America | #15,767 in US |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =3,130 in North America | =3,055 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## In collections

- [Below sea level](https://dromopedia.com/collections/below-sea-level) #11

## 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/ksas/data