Elko Regional Airport (IATA: EKO, ICAO: KEKO, FAA LID: EKO), formerly Elko Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public airport one mile (1.6 km) west of Elko, in Elko County, Nevada.
The airport was named J.C. Harris Field in 1975 in honor of Jess C. Harris, a sheriff from Elko who was known as “The Flying Sheriff”.
ELKO REGIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
On April 6, 1926, when it was called Elko Airport, it was the terminus for the first scheduled air mail run in the United States, flown by Varney Air Lines.
United Airlines served Elko with Boeing 737-200 jetliners from November 1977 until 1982 flying a San Francisco (SFO) – Reno (RNO) – Elko (EKO) – Ely (ELY) – Salt Lake City (SLC) roundtrip routing. This route had been United’s last piston powered flight operated with a Douglas DC-6 propliner until 1970. United replaced the DC-6 with Boeing 737 jet service[4] and then with Convair 580 turboprop service operated by Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) via a subcontract arrangement.
ELKO REGIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Elko Regional Airport (IATA: EKO, ICAO: KEKO, FAA LID: EKO), formerly Elko Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public airport one mile (1.6 km) west of Elko, in Elko County, Nevada.
ELKO REGIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: EKO/KEKO
Lat: 40°49′30″N
Long: 115°47′30″W
Elevation: 5140 ft.
Runway length available: 05/23 7214×150 ft. 12/30 2871×60 ft.
