Yeager Airport - Facilities and Aircraft

Facilities and Aircraft

Yeager Airport covers an area of 767 acres (310 ha) at an elevation of 981 feet (299 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,802 by 150 feet (2,073 x 46 m).

Runway 5/23 currently sits on a heading of 235°. An Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) was recently built at the end of Runway 5 to prevent aircraft from being able to go over the hillside, in the unlikely event that one wouldn't be able to stop. Yeager's secondary runway, Runway 15/33, is now closed. Its heading was 335° and was 4,750 feet (1,450 m) in length. The runway is now a taxiway. Runway 15/33 was mostly used by general aviation aircraft due to its length, but is now closed and now taxiway "Charlie" due to a new ANG hangar.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 102,223 aircraft operations, an average of 280 per day: 47% scheduled commercial, 26% air taxi, 24% general aviation, 3% military. At that time there were 104 aircraft based at this airport: 52% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 3% jet, 5% helicopter, and 10% military.