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26.08.2023 - 21:05 / thepointsguy.com
Each year around this time, more than 80,000 people from all corners of the world make their way to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to temporarily populate Black Rock City. There, they enthusiastically participate in the eccentric, art, music and offbeat desert camping event that is Burning Man.
This year's Burning Man event officially runs from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4.
This means that right about now, about 20,000 event attendees, known as "burners," are making their way to and through Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO), the closest commercial airport to the event site. From RNO, the burners will make the 135-mile trek to the remote desert event site known as the Black Rock City playa by bus, car, rideshare or charter plane.
As it has in the past, the RNO airport team is ready to welcome the onslaught of burners with art, adorable dogs, information and directions on how to get from RNO to the playa. And when Burning Man is over, RNO will be ready to welcome burners back to the airport and send them on their way home.
If you're heading that way, here are some tools and tidbits about what you'll find at the airport.
Both RNO and the Burning Man event websites have pages dedicated to airport logistics and ground transportation. Here is a link to the "Welcome Burners" page on the RNO website. And this is the link to the "Preparation Resources" page on the Burning Man Project event site.
Both pages have information about getting to and from the RNO airport, and transportation options to the playa. Options include rental cars, ride-hailing services and the Burner Express Bus (the station is about a four-minute walk from the terminal). Also, Burner Express Air (an eight-minute drive or an hour walk from the main terminal) offers charter air transportation from RNO out to Black Rock City Municipal Airport (BRC).
Charter flights from RNO to BRC take about 45 minutes. They arrive and depart from a large tent adjacent to the Atlantic Aviation building that serves as the terminal for Burner Express Air. According to the Burning Man Project website, "Atlantic Air no longer allows Burning Man passengers into its facility, in part due to the dust tracked in over the years."
Inside RNO, arriving burners will be greeted by the cute pups from the airport's therapy dog program, Paws 4 passengers. They can also admire the Burning Man-themed art exhibition titled "A Dream Made Real." There will also be information about how to get to Black Rock City (and where to get supplies) at the Air Playa Info welcome table in the airport terminal lobby (pre-security) between the ticket hall and baggage claim.
When Burning Man is over, the 20,000 or so dusty, tired and partied-out burners who arrived by plane will start making their way
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