Special tip: you can bring a salad past airport security as long you have fewer than three ounces of dressing.

Reno’s airport offers (free) wireless , (free) hotel shuttles running every half hour or so; and a (not free, but good) Mexican restaurant.

The airport’s small and there aren’t many flights in or out. If your airline’s having a bad (United) day, you’re boned. Expect turbulence in the winter.