Reno Tahoe International Airport

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) sits 3 miles southeast of downtown Reno, Nevada. The field handles significant commercial service (Southwest, American, Delta, United, JetBlue, Alaska, Allegiant, Frontier) and a meaningful flow of business aviation, particularly the Reno corporate community (Tesla's Sparks Gigafactory, the Switch data center, the gambling and hospitality flow), and the structural Lake Tahoe summer / winter ski tourism flow. The two runways at KRNO (16R/34L 11,002 ft, 16L/34R 9,000 ft) handle every current business jet without restriction. Two FBOs (Atlantic Aviation and Signature) handle business movements. Field elevation is 4,415 feet, with meaningful summer density-altitude considerations on hot Sierra days. The dominant operational considerations are Sierra Nevada winter weather (heavy snow and ice events that periodically close I-80), summer thunderstorms over the surrounding mountains, the orographic effects of the Sierras to the west, and the structural Burning Man Black Rock Desert flow (KRNO is the staging airport for Burning Man Aug–Sep, with concentrated bizjet arrivals before and departures after). The Reno Air Races (historical), Hot August Nights, and various Tahoe / Reno events drive event-window demand. Ground time to downtown Reno is 5–10 minutes; Lake Tahoe south shore (Stateline) is 60 minutes; Tesla's Gigafactory is 20.