Airports / Nevada / TPH
Tonopah Airport
KTPH / TPHTonopah, NevadaELEV 5,430 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#6 / 28
Nevada airports by Google rating
4.6★ across 30 Google ratings — ranked against 28 rated NV fields.
73 nm
To the nearest alternate
Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH).
Overview
Tonopah Airport (KTPH / TPH) sits in Tonopah, Nevada, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 5,430 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
TPH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH, 73 nm), Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA, 78 nm), and Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH, 87 nm).
Quotes for flights out of TPH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from TPH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KTPH
IATA
TPH
FAA / Local
TPH
Elevation
5,430 ft
Coordinates
38.0602° N · 117.0870° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NV fields
state range 1,870–6,259 ft
At 5,430 ft, TPH sits higher than 80% of the 30 Nevada fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 73nmBIHEastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop
- 78nmKXTAHomey (Area 51) AirportGroom Lake
- 87nmMMHMammoth Yosemite AirportMammoth Lakes
- 100nmDRADesert Rock AirportMercury
- 111nmNFLFallon Naval Air StationFallon
- 129nmELYEly Airport Yelland FieldEly
Location
Open the full mapKTPH · Tonopah Airport · Tonopah, NV
From the ramp
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