Air Sailing
NV23 · Sparks, Nevada · Washoe County · map
Air Sailing is a private gliderport owned by Air Sailing INC, 20 miles north of Sparks, Nevada, 4,300 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 7,000 feet of dirt-trtd.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NV23
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Air Sailing INC
- Elevation
- 4,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to September, every day, noon to dusk; October to May, weekends, noon to dusk
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1975
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,000 × 100 ft | Dirt-trtd | |
| 03/21 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Dirt-trtd |
Aircraft registered in Sparks from the FAA register
122 aircraft are registered to owners in Sparks, Nevada: 82 piston singles, 12 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 5 drones, 4 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 gliderport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 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
- Contact reno approach control and Air national guard regarding intended operations.
- Extensive glider operations, spcly on weekends.
- And runway 03/21 have asphalt surface 1000 an X 20' at intersection of runways.
- Mnt 122.9.
- Air Sailing glider port. Entry for purposes of glider operations or euo. No pwr plane services.
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.