Derby Field
{{Short description|Airport in Nevada}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Derby Field
| image = 2015-04-18 12 22 48 Old jet aircraft and air traffic control facilities at Lovelock Airport-Derby Field in Pershing County, Nevada.jpg
| IATA = LOL
| ICAO = KLOL
| FAA = LOL
| type = Public
| owner = Pershing County
| operator =
| city-served = Lovelock, Nevada
| location =
| elevation-f = 3,907
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|40|03|59|N|118|33|54|W|region:US-NV|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Nevada
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_mapsize = 150
| pushpin_label = LOL
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 2/20
| r1-length-f = 5,529
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 8/26
| r2-length-f = 4,931
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2023
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 7/17/2023)
| stat1-data = 2,765
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 2
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=LOL|use=PU|own=PU|site=13085.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 30, 2023.
}}
Derby Field {{airport codes|LOL{{cite web | url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx | title = IATA Airport Code Search (LOL: Lovelock / Derby Field) | publisher = International Air Transport Association | accessdate = June 13, 2014}}|KLOL|LOL}} is a public airport nine miles southwest of Lovelock, in Pershing County, Nevada. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
{{cite web
|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A
|format=PDF, 2.03 MB
|work=[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]
|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
|date=October 4, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|archivedate=2012-09-27
}}
Facilities
Derby Field covers 550 acres (223 ha) at an elevation of 3,907 feet (1,191 m). It has two runways: 2/20 is 5,529 by 75 feet (1,685 x 23 m) and 8/26 is 4,931 by 75 feet (1,503 x 23 m).
In the year ending July 17, 2023, the airport had 2,765 aircraft operations, average 53 per week: 73% general aviation, and 27% military. Two aircraft were then based at the airport, both single-engine.
In popular culture
Derby Field has had many references in popular culture, mostly due to its IATA code, LOL, being the same as the common internet acronym.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2011-08-19 |title=60+ Funny and Rude Airport Codes and Flights |url=https://aviationhumor.net/funny-airport-codes/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Aviation Humor |language=en-US}}
See also
References
External links
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- [https://www.pershingcountynv.gov/residents/derby_field_airport/index.php Derby Field] at Pershing County website
- {{cite web |url= http://www.nevadadot.com/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Planning/Aviation/Documents/Airport_Directory/LOL.pdf |title= Diagram of Derby Field (LOL) |access-date= 2014-06-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033131/http://www.nevadadot.com/About_NDOT/NDOT_Divisions/Planning/Aviation/Documents/Airport_Directory/LOL.pdf |archive-date= 2016-03-04 |url-status= dead }} from Nevada DOT
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=12&lat=40.0675&lon=-118.5641&w=600&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of June 1994] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|LOL}}
{{US-airport-ga|LOL}}
Category:Transportation in Pershing County, Nevada
Category:Buildings and structures in Pershing County, Nevada
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