Creech Air Force Base
INS · KINS · Indian Springs, Nevada · Clark County · map
Creech Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 1 mile north of Indian Springs, Nevada, 3,134 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 9,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A-1 with additive).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA INS · ICAO KINS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 3,134 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates h24 0630z++ monday through 0615z++ saturday; closed wkend and holidays.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,476 × 100 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 462 ft
Radio frequencies
| Ground · Tower | 118.3 | Indian Springs |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Indian Springs |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Calvada Meadows Airport (24 nm southwest), North Las Vegas Airport (32 nm southeast), Harry Reid International (40 nm southeast), Henderson Executive (45 nm southeast).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Calvada Meadows Airport (24 nm southwest), North Las Vegas Airport (32 nm southeast), Harry Reid International (40 nm southeast).
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
- Base operations operates H24 FR 0630Z++ Monday through 0615Z++ Saturday; closed wkend and holidays.
- ACTIVATE-3 step medium-intensity runway lights and thld runway 08-26 - 118.3.
- Operates H24 0630Z++ Monday through 0615Z++ Saturday, closed wkend and holidays.
- Hook E5 (35 feet ovrn) BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1400 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1200 feet) hook E5 (135 feet ovrn).
- Runway 08 PAPI does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 2.5 NM from thld; unusable beyond 2.5 NM.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle 767 feet above ground level.
- (E117) usaf tactical fighter weapons training.
- (E137-04) numerous unlighted hills WI 2 miles of airport to 4000' above sea level.
- (E137-1) runway condition: FAIR-GOOD, smooth packed chad surface, no rocks.
- (E137-2) mountainous terrain all sides. No obstruction lights.
- (E137-3) jet LO altitude HI speed weapons training in progress immed north of ins at all hour.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Indian Springs from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Indian Springs, NV as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 4,583 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/INS.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 30, 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.