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) and about 272 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 90,920 takeoffs and landings a year. About 84 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Minden-Tahoe Airport?
Its FAA code is MEV, and its ICAO code is KMEV.
Where is Minden-Tahoe Airport?
It is 4 miles north of Minden, Nevada, 4,724 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Minden-Tahoe Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 16/34, is 7,399 feet long.
Does Minden-Tahoe Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Minden-Tahoe Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Minden-Tahoe Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Mineta San Jose International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Minden-Tahoe Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Minden Soaring Club INC and L e Dibble Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Minden-Tahoe Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Minden-Tahoe Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, avionics, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Carson City Airport (12 nm north), Lake Tahoe Airport (13 nm southwest), Truckee-Tahoe Airport (26 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from MEV in those twelve months, carrying 9 passengers in 9 seats (100% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minden-Tahoe → Mineta San Jose International MEV–SJC | 1 | 9 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 141 |
| multi-engine | 22 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 8 |
| other | 95 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 90,920, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,607 |
| general aviation, travelling | 45,741 |
| general aviation, local | 42,210 |
| military | 362 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Minden Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · Minden
- L e Dibble Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Zephyr Cove, 9 miles away
- Zephyrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Carson City, 13 miles away
Repair stations in Minden:
- Accurate Aero LLC Accurate Aero is an FAA repair station in Minden, Nevada specializing in avionics work.
- Aces Aircraft Maintenance INC
- Rebuilt Aircraft INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Anthony Lee Tisdale private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Minden-Tahoe Airport · Minden, NV (0 nm) · (775) 217-6281 · [email protected]
- Howard William Wolvington private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Hutt Aviation · Minden, NV (0 nm) · (425) 761-4729 · [email protected]
- David Michael Tranquilla private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Truckee, CA (26 nm) · (530) 263-3479 · [email protected]
- Daniel Alan Britson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Reno, NV (30 nm) · (775) 771-3855 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Reno, NV (30 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · [email protected]
- Randy Ostman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Reno–Tahoe International Airport · Reno, NV (30 nm) · (435) 671-5949 · [email protected]
- Robert Michael Larkin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · RENO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT · Reno, NV (30 nm) · (775) 303-3255 · [email protected]
- Zachry Glass private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Reno, NV (30 nm) · (775) 772-4721 · [email protected]
All 22 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Minden 97 aircraft · 53 piston singles, 18 gliders, 8 helicopters
- Minden Soaring Club INC 6 aircraft in town
- Hutt Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Accurate Aero LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Skydance Blackhawk Operations LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Minden Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- L e Dibble Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Zephyrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accurate Aero LLC · repair station
- Aces Aircraft Maintenance INC · repair station
- Rebuilt Aircraft INC · repair station
- Mineta San Jose International (SJC) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 61 since 1982 · 10 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 4,587 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MEV.json.
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 26, 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.