The Clark County Department of Aviation no longer leases or operates Searchlight Airport.

Searchlight Airport, which is located approximately 70 miles southwest of Las Vegas. The Army Air Corps originally built the airstrip in the early 1950s, as an emergency alternate paved airstrip for Nellis Air Force Base. The hard-surface runway is located approximately one (1) mile south of the community of Searchlight, Nevada on Highway 95 and just minutes away from Lake Mohave, a recreational area located on the Colorado River.

Searchlight Airport offers no services and is uncontrolled, unmanned, and unlighted.

For more information, contact:
Bureau of Land Management
LAS VEGAS FIELD OFFICE
4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89130-2301
702-515-5000
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Juan Palma, Field Manager