Topaz Ranch Airport
43NV · Wellington, Nevada · Douglas County · map
Topaz Ranch Airport is a private airport, 5 miles west of Wellington, Nevada, 5,066 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,325 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 43NV
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5,066 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2018
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,325 × 50 ft | Gravel, good | |
| 03/21 | 2,300 × 50 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 18: hill 935 ft high 7,000 ft from the end
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 03: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 21: hill 859 ft high 7,740 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Minden-Tahoe Airport (21 nm northwest), Lake Tahoe Airport (27 nm west), Carson City Airport (30 nm northwest), Hawthorne Industrial Airport (41 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Minden-Tahoe Airport (21 nm northwest), Yerington Municipal (22 nm northeast), Lake Tahoe Airport (27 nm west), Carson City Airport (30 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Nevada · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Night operations discouraged; mts north and northeast quad.
- Runway 18/36 marked by white markings and tires.
- Runway 18 slopes down 50 feet with one power pole west of runway.
- Runway 21 slopes down 30 feet with road on west side south half of runway.
- Ems helicopter paved area on runway 18/36 adjacent to hngr.
- Recommended land uphill runway 36 and runway 3, takeoff downhill runway 18 and runway 21.
- Roadway north end of both runway 18 and runway 21.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wellington from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Wellington, Nevada: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wellington 21 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Accidents and incidents in Nevada 1,292 since 1982 · 221 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nevada 51 landing places
- Nevada 4,585 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/43NV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.