Pioneer Village Field
0V3 · Minden, Nebraska · Kearney County · map
Pioneer Village Field is a public-use airport owned by Minden Airport Authority, 1 mile northeast of Minden, Nebraska, 2,160 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,900 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0V3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Minden Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 2,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,900 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 1,275 × 300 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 340 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 44 ft high 985 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Hastings and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.4 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Minden from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Minden, Nebraska: 10 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Tower 1163 feet above ground level 3240 feet above sea level 9 NM ene.
- Activate PAPI runways 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 23 unlighted pivot irrigation sys rots through approach area during irrigation season. Pivot is 16 feet above; 205 feet out, 0B; 12:1 when in approach.
- Unlighted pivot irrigation system rotates through approach area during irrigation season.
- Gas line marker pole.
- Ultralight actvy on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.