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Ely Airport Yelland Field is a high-elevation, non-towered general aviation airport serving Ely in White Pine County, Nevada, offering two paved runways for light aircraft and business turboprops and jets. At 6,243 feet it is one of the higher-altitude fields a visiting VFR pilot will encounter in the region, with straightforward radio procedures and no air traffic control tower.
Ely Airport Yelland Field is a county-owned, public-use aerodrome at Ely, Nevada, offering two lit hard-surfaced runways at a field elevation of 6,243 feet. It has no control tower and no instrument landing system, making it a field that rewards careful density-altitude and terrain awareness planning for the visiting simulator pilot, given the high elevation and surrounding Nevada terrain.
The airport lies at Ely, in White Pine County, Nevada, at coordinates 39.2997, -114.842. There is no operating control tower on the field, and pilots can obtain flight following or advisories from Salt Lake Center on 133.45 MHz. A remote communications outlet on 122.2 MHz is also available for contacting flight service.
The airfield has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 18/36 is the longer of the pair at 6,006 feet, while runway 12/30 measures 4,815 feet.
Traffic information and unicom calls are made on 122.8 MHz, which serves as the CTAF/UNICOM frequency. An ASOS automated weather observation is broadcast on 120.625 MHz. Salt Lake Center can be reached on 133.45 MHz for en-route advisories, and a remote communications outlet operates on 122.2 MHz. There is no ILS at the field.
With no control tower present, arriving and departing traffic self-announces on the 122.8 MHz CTAF/UNICOM frequency in the manner typical of uncontrolled fields; pilots should monitor this frequency for other traffic in the pattern.
Ely Airport Yelland Field operates without published, restricted hours and does not require prior permission for arrival. The field supports general aviation traffic and offers ASOS weather reporting alongside unicom communications, making it accessible for VFR pilots planning a visit to Ely, Nevada.
