Lida Junction Airport [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Lida Junction Airport
Lida Junction Airport is a public use airport located 14 nautical miles (16 mi, 26 km) south of the central business district of Goldfield, in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. The airport is owned by the United States Bureau of Land Management.
History.
The runway was built to provide access to the Kit Cat Ranch. It sits adjacent to the former Cottontail Ranch.
Facilities.
Lida Junction Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above mean
elevation ) to the community of Lida.
Once it exits the town, the route continues east through the open desert. SR 266 reaches its eastern terminus at the Lida Junction, an intersection with US 95 south of Goldfield. On the south side of the highway is the Lida Junction Airport—which was originally built to provide more convenient access to the now defunct Cottontail Ranch, located immediately southwest of the highway junction.
History.
SR 266 originally began as the southernmost segment of State Route 3, one of