Business View Magazine | December 2020

222 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 A I RPORT Serving the medical needs of eastern Nevada E ly Airport has been used for a wide variety of purposes over the last century. It was a pilot training facility during World War II. It was a stop on a United Airlines route for decades. It has even been a destination for glider pilots. But the most important function it serves today revolves around medical services. “We have one FBO (fixed-base operator), Ely Jet Center, which is owned by Guardian Flight, one of the two air ambulance companies on the field,” explains Tim Parish, Interim Airport Manager and Ely Jet Center Manager. “The other is MedX AirOne. We also have a number of doctors who fly their own planes in to work at the clinic or hospital. This airport is vital to the medical needs of the area.” Ely Airport, also known as Yelland Field, is a general aviation airport located three miles northeast of the City of Ely in White Pines County, Nevada. The county owns the airport that covers nearly 5,000 acres in eastern Nevada, just less than a two-hour drive from the Utah state line. A number of peaks surround the airport