Duckwater Airport
01U · Duckwater, Nevada · Nye County · map
Duckwater Airport is a public-use airport owned by the US Blm, 6 miles southeast of Duckwater, Nevada, 5,133 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 3,400 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 01U
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Blm
- Elevation
- 5,133 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1964
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,400 × 80 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| 03/21 | 2,700 × 75 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 15: road 15 ft high 30 ft from the end
- Runway 03: road on the approach
- Runway 21: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Duckwater from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Duckwater, NV as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to may 1959.
- Watch for livestock on runways.
- Tie downs provdd near runway intersection.
- Power line 400 feet from runway end, +20 feet, both sides of centerline, marked west/orange ball, 20:1 slope.
- 11PLINE 1500 feet from runway end 35 feet, both sides of centerline, marked with orange ball, 42:1 slope.
- Runways 03/21 and 15/33 have uncontrolled veh access.
- Runway 03/21 +1 feet berm full length north side, -2 feet ditch full length south side.
- Runway 15/33 +1 feet berm both sides of runway.
- Runway 3, 2 stakes north edge of runway, 135 feet from runway end, +4 feet high.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.