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 gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Reno/Stead Airport (15 nm southwest), Reno/Tahoe International (23 nm south), Nervino Airport (30 nm west), Truckee-Tahoe Airport (39 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Reno/Stead Airport (15 nm southwest), Reno/Tahoe International (23 nm south), Nervino Airport (30 nm west), Silver Springs Airport (35 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sparks from the FAA register
117 aircraft are registered to owners in Sparks, Nevada: 81 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 5 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, 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
Repair stations in Sparks:
- Pacific Aerospace LLC Pacific Aerospace is an FAA and EASA approved Part 145 repair and overhaul center located in Sparks, Nevada, near Reno International Airport.
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sparks 117 aircraft · 81 piston singles, 9 turboprops, 5 piston twins
- Sierra Nevada Company LLC 11 aircraft in town
- Straight Flight Nevada Commercial Leasing LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Alpha Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Pacific Aerospace LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 10 since 1982 · 1 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 4,583 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NV23.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.