KELY is the ICAO code for Ely Airport Yelland Field (IATA ELY), located in Ely, NV.
Ely Airport Yelland Field (KELY) is a medium airport in Ely, NV. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KELY or IATA code ELY. It sits in North America.
Ely Airport Yelland Field is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,017-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,017 ft (1,834 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
Ely Airport Yelland Field sits at 6,259 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on America/Los_Angeles. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 1 departing and 0 arriving private-jet legs at KELY across the next six months of operator inventory. 1 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KELY are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
No current arriving empty legs tracked. New legs appear here as operators post inventory.