Airports / Nevada / BTY
Beatty Airport
KBTY / BTYBeatty, NevadaELEV 3,170 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#11 / 28
Nevada airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 14 Google ratings — ranked against 28 rated NV fields.
39 nm
To the nearest alternate
Desert Rock Airport (DRA).
Overview
Beatty Airport (KBTY / BTY) is a general aviation field serving Beatty, Nevada. The airport sits 3,170 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into BTY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Desert Rock Airport (DRA, 39 nm), Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA, 52 nm), and Tonopah Airport (TPH, 73 nm).
Charter pricing from BTY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Beatty.
Field capability
ICAO
KBTY
IATA
BTY
FAA / Local
BTY
Elevation
3,170 ft
Coordinates
36.8611° N · 116.7870° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NV fields
state range 1,870–6,259 ft
At 3,170 ft, BTY sits lower than 73% of the 30 Nevada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 39nmDRADesert Rock AirportMercury
- 52nmKXTAHomey (Area 51) AirportGroom Lake
- 73nmTPHTonopah AirportTonopah
- 82nmBIHEastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop
- 83nmKNIDChina Lake Naws (Armitage Field) AirportChina Lake
- 86nmVGTNorth Las Vegas AirportLas Vegas
Location
Open the full mapKBTY · Beatty Airport · Beatty, NV
From the ramp
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