Ely Airport (IATA: ELY, ICAO: KELY, FAA LID: ELY), also known as Yelland Field, is a county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Ely, a city in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is served by one commercial airline, with service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 239 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 216 enplanements in 2009, and 245 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
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