The general aviation airfield is, as the name already states, located in
the northern part of Las Vegas. Its home to the Nevada Army National
Guard B/3-140 Avn (Poised To Strike) and D/3-140 Avn (Desert Hawks).
Both are equipped with the UH-72A Lakota the US Army designation for the
Airbus helicopter H145. The Delta company flies the medevac outfitted
Lakota's.
The airfield offers several views including a viewing area and an
observation deck. The latter can be found in the terminal's Sunshine &
Tailwinds Cafe. The restaurant has a collection of scale models and
patches. Besides the memorabilia you can enjoy breakfast or lunch. Not
aviation related we enjoyed our nice breakfast here as well as the talk
with the nice staff.
Besides all business and smaller aircraft some former military aircraft
can be found at the airport. Near the control tower a former Bulgarian
Air Force L-29 is parked. The Delfin still carriers its former owners'
registration and colors. One of the ramps to the left of the terminal
houses two former Romanian Air Force aircraft as well as a former Finish
Air Force L-90 Redigo. Continuing the journey, you can enter the parking
lot (viewing area) from where the Lakota's can be seen if they are
outside.
North Las Vegas Airport hosted deployments of Royal Canadian Air Force
helicopters in the past. When we departed from
Nellis AFB after the
Red Flag 20-1
participants were back on the deck we saw a flight of four helicopters
heading to the airport. We were already on our way there. The journey
between both takes about 20 minutes depending on the amount of traffic.
When we arrived the Royal Canadian Air Force had arrived with four of
their CH-146 Griffon (Bell 412EP). The week prior we a RCAF C-17A
Globemaster III arrived at Nellis AFB and departed a few hours later.
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