Farias Wheel Airport
NV33 · Smith Valley, Nevada · Lyon County · map
Farias Wheel Airport is a private airport owned by Valley View Airport LLC, 6 miles east of Smith Valley, Nevada, 4,848 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,391 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NV33
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Valley View Airport LLC
- Elevation
- 4,848 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,391 × 22 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 16: tree 30 ft high 350 ft from the end
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 40 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Smith Valley from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Smith Valley, NV as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.9.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - 122.9.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights; not full length; extds only first 2/3 of runways.
- Cntr 22 feet asphalt on 100 feet wide dirt runway.
- Road 120 feet from threshold.
- Dgnl road 100 feet from threshold.
- Prior permission required for operations - amgr.
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.