Ok this is the best place to take kids on a weekend drive. You can drive right out to the tarmac…read moreand kids get to see airplanes and Jets up close. This is a staging area for all of the helicopters and water jets, so very exciting. Air races are always fun here and my kids come a few days early, before they close everything off, and get to watch the practice runs for free LOL. Quite often, the pilots are sitting around their jets and invite the kids to get up inside the cockpit, and explore. Amazing support for local flyers and children alike. Once or twice a year they also have the young eagles event here where kids get to fly for free. They have a huge group of pilots, with the help civil air patrol cadets, take kids up for a small flight so they get to have the excitement and hopefully stimulate an interest in being a future pilot.

The Reno-Stead Airport is another of our favorite and premier local places to regularly visit. The…read morePlanes. The events. The facilities. The Aviation Enthusiasts. The history. The Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base. The museum. We make these treks of homage to those who Serve and who have Served because it means that those who wear the U.S. Armed Forces uniform or did wear the uniform were and are remembered The Reno-Stead Airport is a 5,000 or so acre lead general aviation facility owned and operated by the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. It began in response to the deadly attack against the United States Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Territory, on December 7, 1941. In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps started construction of the now clearly strategically located Reno Army Airport and Air Base. In 1951, the air base was renamed Stead Army Air Base to honor Nevada Native Lt. Croston Stead of the Nevada Air National Guard, who dies at age 27 on December 11, 1949, while training in a mock dog fight in a North American Aviation P-51 Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is an elegant American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. July 15, 1958, the 3635th Crew Training Wing was redesignated as the 3635th Flying Training Wing (Advanced), concurrent with the relocation of the USAF Helicopter Pilot School to Stead. The airbase served as the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command's Survival School, Flying Training Wing and Reno Air Defense Sector, a training center for some 80,000 U.S. Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force, and foreign officers, as well as most of the pre-1965 NASA astronauts. The military officers attended classroom instruction on basic survival, evasion and escape. Their field training was to learn to survive with instructors simulating enemy trying to capture the students. The Survival classroom and field training lasted 15-21 days. In the 1960's inventor and promoter Bill Lear, founder of Lear Aviation and the Lear Jet, established operations at Stead which continued until the end of his life in 1978. In 1963, the U.S. Congress scheduled the base to close, along with 25 other military bases throughout the country. In 1966, the base was transferred to civilian ownership, and in June of 1966, it began operating as Reno-Stead Airport. In 1967, Maj. Robert E. Schricker, Purple Heart and Air Medal recipient, retired from a 27 year career as a USAF fighter pilot and became Chief Pilot for the AG Academy, now moved to Stead. Actress and air race pilot Susan Oliver, got her multi engine pilot license there in 1968. Susan Oliver played the female lead character Vina in "The Cage" (1964), which was the first pilot of Gene Roddenberry's then new show, Star Trek. The FAA Registry shows her to have earned commercial pilot ratings for airplane single engine land, airplane multiengine land, instrument airplane, and private privileges for glider. Here was the launch site of "Earthwinds" meteorological balloon system in the early 1990s, which attempted and failed multiple times to circumnavigate the globe. Since 1966, Reno-Stead Airport has been home to military operations including but not limited to Army Aviation Support Facility, and the 189th General Support Aviation Battalion of the Nevada Army National Guard, flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters. It is the birthplace of the Lear Fan, and home to the National Championship Air Races. It is home to several hundred tenants. It is home to U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Stead Air Attack Base aka Biggest Little Tanker Base aka Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base, that provides the required air support during regional wildfires. With Global Warming creating significant Climate Change, the importance and value of the Biggest Little Air Attack Tanker Base increases each year. On December 16, 2013, the new Reno-Stead Airport Terminal Building, The Freedom Flight Terminal which is dedicated to America's Veterans who Serve or have Served in the U.S. Armed Forces, opened to serve the General Aviation community. The two-story, 12,000 sq ft building provides an Emergency Operations Center, Administrative Office, Community Conference Room, a Pilot's Lounge, and a museum. The museum, named "Reno-Stead: A Proud History," has some 65 pieces of memorabilia and hundreds of photographs, collected from Service Members and their families. A video also depicts the training that took place at the survival school and pays tribute to the some 80,000 men and women who trained here. The museum is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is free of charge.

Pros: Friendly staff both on ground and in air. Convenience of not actually going into the airport…read moreand checking in and going through security. This is what you're basically paying for. Cons: No snacks or drinks while you wait for your plane. Seating area is small and looks like an office but comfortable chairs. Plane itself is old and uncomfortable.

Absolutely love flying JSX! No lines, no TSA and majority of their jets are equipped with StarLink…read moreultra fast WIFI! Pricing is similar to other carriers and I pray they will bring back the route to Las Vegas soon! Hope you're reading this corporate :) Currently I believe they only fly from Reno to Burbank or Orange County which is non-stop, but use to fly direct to Las Vegas a few times a day. Here are a couple of tips for you though! -You can't park your car in the JSX parking lot without having to do the valet which I believe is fairly costly so plan ahead and get a ride or do the math and get an Uber if it makes more sense. -Also be ready for a brief random bag check here and there. -Last but not least there is overhead compartments on their jets so even if you have a carry on you will need to hand it off to one their polite employees as it goes under the plane. You can carry on back packs, purses and stuff like that which would fit under the seat in front of you. Happy flying and I almost forgot to mention they have complimentary snacks & beverages just like the big boys but even better!!

Sister bonding trip to wrap up Summer break! What better way than to have a helicopter ride…read moretogether! The airport was clean and lobby was comfortable. "Helicopter Tour" sign was easy to find and our pilot, Levi was waiting for us. Levi was friendly and accommodating! We all want to go back for another ride! Highly recommend!

We stopped for lunch at Flight Deck . We're locals and it was our first time. What a great remodel!…read moreThe food is excellent too. We ordered the Large House Salad and Loaded Steak Sandwich with waffles fries. Our waitress Zoe friendly and attentive. The view is beautiful! Enjoyed watching planes land & take off. Definitely will return.

Love that they offer a cute park perfect place to enjoy your food and let your littles get their…read morewiggles out! They were also so kind to give our son a paper glider.

This airport came in so clutch when I was on my way to Reno from Hayward! I had to use the restroom…read moreso badly and I was not making it to Reno. The controllers here were very friendly and helpful with a quick taxi to the nearest restroom. The views are also insanely beautiful over there! Since it wasn't snowing yet, you can see the slopes carved out. I would recommend flying into this little airport! Only issue is density altitude, our turbo prop plane barely climbed and clearance is very slim coming off the long runway into the trees at the end. Make sure you do your calculations before taking off!

Came here for a little Air Show Event, and it was a blast for my daughter. We met so many nice…read morepilots and vendors around the airport. The airport is very clean and well managed. We really enjoyed seeing the private planes up close and watching the personal planes and gliders take off.

As airports go, Carson City is a good one. Lots of nice people have their airplanes there, and the…read moreplace is really well maintained. There are a collection of restored military planes and vehicles, Civil Air Patrol, a nice fixed base operator, and Great Basin Aviation flight school has a couple planes based there too. They need a restaurant at the airport, nothing there now, but if there were one, it would be nice. To fly into KCXP just remember there is a preferred calm wind runway. In the summer, it does get challenging in the afternoon. Please be sure to stay up on the local conditions.

Tahoe Knight Monster Hockey Package…read more Round trip from the Silver Legacy to Tahoe Blue Center with Game Tickets for $50 per person. Everything went fantastic. However, for the game tickets it is best if you download the Monsters' App too. And realize for the price - your tickets are in the end zones. Fifteen of us were able to party up and arrive safely home. Both bus drivers were professional and possessed a sense of humor! An added bonus the Knight Monsters came from behind to win the game!  I am recommending your service to any one who will listen. Hopefully, it is successful enough to continue in the future!  Thank you again!

Checked schedule prior to trip. Posted on website and Airport that last shuttle was at 12:25 am. I…read morearrived at 11:30 pm to Reno airport. Found the desk to purchase tickets for shuttle which had sign that said no was there after 10 pm and to talk to the driver outside the door. Found my way to door D , but there was no one there or markings for where to pick up the shuttle. I waited, tried calling, and messaged but received no response. Waited until 12:45. I was quoted a price of over $200 for taxi. By the time I waited for the shuttle, all the hotel shuttles had finished. I decided to Lyft since I had no other options at that point. I will not plan on using the service again since I cannot depend on it and there was no recourse or way to contact/confirm.

The new assigned seating is in effect. Some have said it is worse than before, but having an…read moreassigned seat is far easier than wandering the aisle hoping for an aisle or window seat. It also seems to have sped up loading times. The queue prosses is about the same as before. Instead of lining up next to posts with number on them, there are boarding groups 1-6 that will be called out. The main adavantage I can see with having an earlier boarding is making sure you can get a spot for your carry-on. I have been in boarding groups 3-6 on various flights and I always found an overhead spot. There have been a couple flights I was on that were not full, but some rows were empty while middle seats were filled. The flight attendants were strict about staying in your assigned seat even if there were empty rows. On another flight two weeks later there was an empty row in the back, and the flight attendant shuffled a few people around to free up some middle seats. Maybe they are relaxing a little bit about assigned seating if there are empty ones. Loading went about as smooth as it did before the assigned seating went into effect. Service is still great and friendly, flights left and arrive on time, and I will continue to fly with Southwest.

Business trip to Reno for the week and headed back home to Vegas. No complaints, Southwest Airlines…read moregets the job done.