The closest airport to Great Basin National Park is located in Cedar City Utah about two hours away, with major Great Basin National Park airports 4 hours away in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
With its location in eastern Nevada by the border with Utah, the gateway towns to Great Basin in Baker and Ely do not have an airport, as they only have a population of around 4,000 between them. And Great Basin does not have the traffic of other national parks, getting only around 90,000 visitors per year. This makes it a good place for a weekend road trip from SLC or Vegas, or a swing stop after Zion or Bryce during a trip to the Utah national parks.
If you are flying into the area to visit Great Basin National Park and need a Great Basin national park airport, choose from these nearby options:
Cedar City Utah
The Cedar City Regional Airport offers daily service through Delta Connection Carrier Skywest Airlines. However, there is a runway reconstruction project happening in Summer 2020 which means there will be no commercial flight service into and out of the Cedar City airport. The airport is located 140 miles and 2.5 hours away from the national park in east central Nevada. It is also located only an hour from Zion and 1.5 hours from Bryce Canyon, making it a central location for the parks. The drawback is that the only airport to reach Cedar City is SLC, and this means that your connection is probably longer than the time savings to get closer to the park.
Salt Lake City Airport
The Salt Lake City International Airport serves more than 26 million passengers a year, one of the 25 busiest airports in North America. This Utah airport is located 3.75 hours and about 230 miles away from the park.
Las Vegas Airport
The McCarran International Airport serves more than 50 million people a year as an average of more than 490 flights per day fly in and out of the Las Vegas airport. It is 4.5 hours and 300 miles to the park from McCarran airport.