Wells Muni/Harriet Field
LWL · KLWL · Wells, Nevada · Elko County · map
Wells Muni/Harriet Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wells, 2 miles northeast of Wells, Nevada, 5,769 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,508 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 5 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,725 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LWL · ICAO KLWL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wells
- Elevation
- 5,769 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, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,508 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 2,681 × 140 ft | Dirt-grvl, fair |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 01: right-hand traffic pattern, building 30 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 19: hill 11 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,725, 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Wells from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Wells, Nevada: 10 piston singles. 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 Nevada.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Fone available located at hngr.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Center 75 feet stressed for 25000 pounds sngl wheel; remainder of 150 feet width is 11500 pounds sngl wheel.
- Runway 01/19 no line of sight between runway ends.
- Mtns north and south quads.
- Ultralight actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Firefighting aircraft act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Use ctn drg takeoff and lnd - wind circulations and thermals in the area.
- Segmented circ traffic pattern arms are scattered and do not reflect right traffic where dsgnd.
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.