Elko Airport

Elko Airport (HM87)

Location: Elko, NV 89801 Elko County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 49.63', W 115° 46.888'

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Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route

On April 6, 1926, Varney Air Lines pilot Leon Cuddeback, carrying one bag of mail, landed his tiny Curtis Swallow bi-plane at Elko, Nevada, completing the first scheduled air mail run in the United States.

The single engine, 90-horsepower aircraft had taken off from Pasco, Washington, stopped at Boise, Idaho, for fuel and mail, then completed the 460-mile flight to Elko. The Varney contract was awarded October 27, 1925, at a rate of eights cents an ounce. Varney sold to Boeing, which merged with United Air Lines in 1931.
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HM NumberHM87
Series This marker is part of the Postal Mail and Philately series
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Marker Number107
Year Placed1970
Placed ByState of Nevada
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 10:38pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 602748 N 4520285
Decimal Degrees40.82716667, -115.78146667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 49.63', W 115° 46.888'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 49' 37.80" N, 115° 46' 53.28" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)775
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 899 Murray Way, Elko NV 89801, US
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