Elko Regional (EKO) Airport Car Service

EKO (Elko Regional Airport, also known as Harris Field, named for Elko aviation pioneer J.C. Harris) sits about 3 miles southwest of downtown Elko in Elko County, Nevada, accessible via Interstate 80 and Mountain City Highway. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Elko. SkyWest provides scheduled commercial service to Salt Lake City as Delta Connection and to Denver as United Express. EKO serves as the primary commercial gateway for Nevada gold mining country including the Carlin Trend, the second largest gold producing region in the world by ounces produced. Our chauffeurs stage at the commercial vehicle lane outside the terminal.

EKO to downtown Elko runs about 5 to 10 minutes via Mountain City Highway, and EKO to Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains (the Grand Canyon of Nevada, with the dramatic glacial cirque carved into the Ruby Mountains) runs about 35 to 45 minutes via SR 227 southeastbound. We handle daily transfers to area hotels including the Best Western Plus Elko Inn and the Ledgestone Hotel Elko.

Yes. Nevada Gold Mines (the joint venture between Newmont Corporation and Barrick Gold combining their Nevada operations into the world's largest gold mining complex) operates the Carlin, Cortez, Turquoise Ridge, Long Canyon, and Phoenix mining complexes across northeastern Nevada. The major mine sites run from 30 minutes to 90 minutes from EKO via Interstate 80 and SR 766. We hold standing accounts with Newmont and Barrick executive teams and the broader Nevada gold mining contractor base.

Yes. The Carlin Trend gold mining region (the legendary north south trending gold belt running through northeastern Nevada, the second largest gold producing region in the world by ounces produced) anchors EKO traffic. Nevada Gold Mines plus independent operators including Coeur Mining, SSR Mining, and Hecla Mining all generate consistent corporate aviation demand. We hold standing accounts across the Nevada gold mining executive corporate base.

Yes. The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (the legendary annual late January cowboy poetry, music, and Western heritage festival held each year in Elko, founded in 1985, drawing cowboy poets and Western music performers and audiences from across the American West) generates the heaviest single event demand of our Elko year. We handle daily Gathering airport transfers, visiting performer logistics, and downtown Elko venue pickups during the week long event.

Yes. Lamoille Canyon (the Grand Canyon of Nevada in the Ruby Mountains, with the iconic 12 mile Lamoille Canyon Scenic Byway) runs about 35 to 45 minutes from EKO via SR 227 southeastbound, and Wells, Nevada runs about 50 minutes east via Interstate 80. We handle daily Ruby Mountains scenic byway transfers and Wells corporate transfers along the Interstate 80 transcontinental corridor.

Yes. Great Basin College in Elko (the public Nevada community college serving northeastern Nevada with deep ties to the mining industry workforce development programs) runs about 10 to 15 minutes from EKO via Idaho Street. We handle parent visit transfers, mining apprenticeship program logistics, and GBC graduation week pickups.

Yes. Northeastern Nevada hosts one of the densest concentrations of gold mining corporate activity in the world, with Newmont Corporation, Barrick Gold, Coeur Mining, SSR Mining, Hecla Mining, and dozens of mining services contractors operating across the Carlin Trend, the Long Canyon district, and the Cortez Pipeline corridor. We hold standing accounts with executive teams and supplier delegations running daily EKO rotations.

The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (held annually late January each year, drawing performers and audiences from across the American West for a week of cowboy poetry, Western music, and Western heritage events) generates the single heaviest demand week of our Elko year. We require six to eight weeks of lead time for Gathering week SUV and Sprinter bookings, since Elko hotel inventory fills three to four months ahead of the event.

Yes. Dispatch runs around the clock with a live human on the line, and we operate red eye SkyWest arrivals, 4 am Nevada Gold Mines mining shift change transfers, and late night Cowboy Poetry Gathering venue pickups during the late January festival week. There is no surcharge for late night or early morning service on standard bookings.