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    Reno-Tahoe International Airport - 2025 Burning Man Sculpture

    Reno-Tahoe International Airport

    (691 reviews)

    My only experience with the Reno-Tahoe International Airport was picking up a friend for an annual…read moreconvention being held at nearby Grand Sierra Resort aka GSR. I left GSR and merged onto the freeway, drove about a mile, then exited for the airport. It was that quick. I drove up towards the terminals and there was ample parking. Although it says to keep moving, there appeared to be no rush. People were parking in the structure to the west and coming out of the doors of baggage claim to the east to waiting cars or taxis. My friend called and we figured out where he was from me. It was easier for me to stay put and for him to come to me. He had several bags and an airport baggage roller. Once he reached the outside curb where I was parked it was super easy to open up the doors to our SUV and get his bags inside. Back on the freeway for about a mile and we were at the GSR. From my experience, the airport is easily accessible and it's no trouble at all to pick up a friend who has flown in.

    Everything is easy at this airport. If you need to park a vehicle, there are options for short term…read moreor long term. The entrance is easy to determine which one to select. Currently there is some construction going on outside, but getting to the parking garage and the terminal was easy. Drop off and pickup is simple as well. Drive in, drive out. The entrance to the security area is well marked and easy to find, it is in the center of the airport. The security lines are usually quite short, it's usually 15 minutes or less every time I have gone through. once I was through security I made my way to the Southwest gate. Everything went very smooth and it was stress-free.

    Reno Stead Airport

    Reno Stead Airport

    (13 reviews)

    North Valleys

    Ok this is the best place to take kids on a weekend drive. You can drive right out to the tarmac…read moreand kids get to see airplanes and Jets up close. This is a staging area for all of the helicopters and water jets, so very exciting. Air races are always fun here and my kids come a few days early, before they close everything off, and get to watch the practice runs for free LOL. Quite often, the pilots are sitting around their jets and invite the kids to get up inside the cockpit, and explore. Amazing support for local flyers and children alike. Once or twice a year they also have the young eagles event here where kids get to fly for free. They have a huge group of pilots, with the help civil air patrol cadets, take kids up for a small flight so they get to have the excitement and hopefully stimulate an interest in being a future pilot.

    The Reno-Stead Airport is another of our favorite and premier local places to regularly visit. The…read morePlanes. The events. The facilities. The Aviation Enthusiasts. The history. The Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base. The museum. We make these treks of homage to those who Serve and who have Served because it means that those who wear the U.S. Armed Forces uniform or did wear the uniform were and are remembered The Reno-Stead Airport is a 5,000 or so acre lead general aviation facility owned and operated by the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. It began in response to the deadly attack against the United States Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Territory, on December 7, 1941. In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps started construction of the now clearly strategically located Reno Army Airport and Air Base. In 1951, the air base was renamed Stead Army Air Base to honor Nevada Native Lt. Croston Stead of the Nevada Air National Guard, who dies at age 27 on December 11, 1949, while training in a mock dog fight in a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is an elegant American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. July 15, 1958, the 3635th Crew Training Wing was redesignated as the 3635th Flying Training Wing (Advanced), concurrent with the relocation of the USAF Helicopter Pilot School to Stead. The airbase served as the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command's Survival School, Flying Training Wing and Reno Air Defense Sector, a training center for some 80,000 U.S. Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, and foreign officers, as well as most of the pre-1965 NASA astronauts. The military officers attended classroom instruction on basic survival, evasion and escape. Their field training was to learn to survive with instructors simulating enemy trying to capture the students. The Survival classroom and field training lasted 15-21 days. In the 1960's inventor and promoter Bill Lear, founder of Lear Aviation and the Lear Jet, established operations at Stead which continued until the end of his life in 1978. In 1963, the U.S. Congress scheduled the base to close, along with 25 other military bases throughout the country. In 1966, the base was transferred to civilian ownership, and in June of 1966, it began operating as Reno-Stead Airport. In 1967, Maj. Robert E. Schricker, Purple Heart and Air Medal recipient, retired from a 27 year career as a USAF fighter pilot and became Chief Pilot for the AG Academy, now moved to Stead. Actress and air race pilot Susan Oliver, got her multi engine pilot license there in 1968. Susan Oliver played the female lead character Vina in "The Cage" (1964), which was the first pilot of Gene Roddenberry's then new show, Star Trek. The FAA Registry shows her to have earned commercial pilot ratings for airplane single engine land, airplane multiengine land, instrument airplane, and private privileges for glider. Here was the launch site of "Earthwinds" meteorological balloon system in the early 1990s, which attempted and failed multiple times to circumnavigate the globe. Since 1966, Reno-Stead Airport has been home to military operations including but not limited to Army Aviation Support Facility, and the 189th General Support Aviation Battalion of the Nevada Army National Guard, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters. It is the birthplace of the Lear Fan, and home to the National Championship Air Races. It is home to several hundred tenants. It is home to U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Stead Air Attack Base aka Biggest Little Tanker Base aka Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base, that provides the required air support during regional wildfires. With Global Warming creating significant Climate Change, the importance and value of the Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base increases each year. On December 16, 2013, the new Reno-Stead Airport Terminal Building, The Freedom Flight Terminal which is dedicated to America's Veterans who Serve or have Served in the U.S. Armed Forces, opened to serve the General Aviation community. The two-story, 12,000 sq ft building provides an Emergency Operations Center, Administrative Office, Community Conference Room, a Pilot's Lounge, and a museum. The museum, named "Reno-Stead: A Proud History," has some 65 pieces of memorabilia and hundreds of photographs, collected from Service Members and their families. A video also depicts the training that took place at the survival school and pays tribute to the some 80,000 men and women who trained here. The museum is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is free of charge.

    JSX

    JSX

    (17 reviews)

    Pros: Friendly staff both on ground and in air. Convenience of not actually going into the airport…read moreand checking in and going through security. This is what you're basically paying for. Cons: No snacks or drinks while you wait for your plane. Seating area is small and looks like an office but comfortable chairs. Plane itself is old and uncomfortable.

    Absolutely love flying JSX! No lines, no TSA and majority of their jets are equipped with StarLink…read moreultra fast WIFI! Pricing is similar to other carriers and I pray they will bring back the route to Las Vegas soon! Hope you're reading this corporate :) Currently I believe they only fly from Reno to Burbank or Orange County which is non-stop, but use to fly direct to Las Vegas a few times a day. Here are a couple of tips for you though! -You can't park your car in the JSX parking lot without having to do the valet which I believe is fairly costly so plan ahead and get a ride or do the math and get an Uber if it makes more sense. -Also be ready for a brief random bag check here and there. -Last but not least there is overhead compartments on their jets so even if you have a carry on you will need to hand it off to one their polite employees as it goes under the plane. You can carry on back packs, purses and stuff like that which would fit under the seat in front of you. Happy flying and I almost forgot to mention they have complimentary snacks & beverages just like the big boys but even better!!

    Aviation Classics - airports - Updated May 2026

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