Wells Airport
3NE3 · Holdrege, Nebraska · Phelps County · map
Wells Airport is a private airport, 5 miles northeast of Holdrege, Nebraska, 2,275 feet above sea level. Its one runway, N/S, is 2,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3NE3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,275 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/S | 2,500 × 100 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Holdrege from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Holdrege, Nebraska: 24 piston singles, 22 turboprops, 6 drones, 5 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Durg summer months pivot will an X south side of runway.
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.