Nevada State Route 796

State Route 796
State Route 796
Airport Road
	SR 796 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NDOT
Length	1.364 mi (2.195 km)
Existed	1976–present
Major junctions
South end	Winnemucca Municipal Airport
North end	I-80 frontage road west of Winnemucca
Location
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Highway system
	Nevada State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; ; Pre‑1976; Scenic;

State Route 796 (SR 796) is a state highway in Humboldt County, Nevada serving the Winnemucca area.

View at the north end of SR 796 looking southbound

Route description

State Route 796 begins at the main entrance to the Winnemucca Municipal Airport southwest of downtown Winnemucca in Grass Valley. From there, the highway travels northwest, crossing over Union Pacific Railroad tracks and ending at an Interstate 80 frontage road.^[1]^[2]

SR 796 became a state highway on May 1, 1997.^[3]

The entire route is in Humboldt County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations
	0.00	0.00	Winnemucca Municipal Airport
	1.33	2.14	Frontage Road – Winnemucca
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

^ ^a ^b ^c "State Maintained Highways of Nevada, Descriptions and Maps". Nevada Department of Transportation. 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
^ Winnemucca South Area (PDF) (Map). Nevada Department of Transportation. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
^ Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2001. p. 106.