Pahute Mesa Airstrip Airport
L23 · Mercury, Nevada · Nye County · map
Pahute Mesa Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by Nevada Dept of Energy, 31 miles northwest of Mercury, Nevada, 5,068 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,800 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L23
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Nevada Dept of Energy
- Elevation
- 5,068 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,800 × 100 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in Mercury from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Mercury, 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
- Formal evaluation not required, date estabd not known.
- VFR day only.
- Airstrip within R-4808.
- Official business only. Prior permission required required from dept of energy for all flights.
- Afld for rotary wing/powerlift aircraft only.
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.