Minden-Tahoe Airport
MEV · KMEV · Minden, Nevada · Douglas County · map
Minden-Tahoe Airport is a public-use airport owned by Douglas County, 4 miles north of Minden, Nevada, 4,724 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,399 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MEV · ICAO KMEV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Douglas County
- Elevation
- 4,724 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,399 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 5,299 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 12G/30G | 2,050 × 60 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 16: VASI, four boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 60 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 133.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Mev and aWOS-3PT | 119.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 775-782-6264.
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 Minden from the FAA register
97 aircraft are registered to owners in Minden, Nevada: 53 piston singles, 18 gliders, 8 helicopters, 8 balloons, 7 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.
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 · 61 since 1982, 10 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; VASI runway 16 and 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 30G landing only; runway 12G takeoff and landing NA.
- Sailplane pattern RT traffic.
- Sailplane pattern RT traffic.
- Threshold marked with orange and white panels.
- Glider, ultralight, skydiving, sailplane and balloon act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Snow removal durg daylight only.
- Trees 1,440 feet from approach end runway 12. Ditch in obstacle free zone adjacent southwest end taxiway C. men and equipment occasionly on runways and taxiways.
- Mowers in the vicinity of airport and runways.
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.