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Sweetwater (Usmc) Airport

NV72 · Wellington, Nevada · Lyon County · map

Sweetwater (Usmc) Airport is a private airport owned by the US Marine Corps, 16 miles southeast of Wellington, Nevada, 6,837 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,700 feet of dirt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA NV72
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
Owner: US Marine Corps
Elevation: 6,837 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: San Francisco sectional
Magnetic variation: 15E
In the FAA's files since: December 1994

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	3,700 × 60 ft	Dirt

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

Aircraft registered in Wellington from the FAA register

20 aircraft are registered to owners in Wellington, Nevada: 18 piston singles, 2 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.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Nevada.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2014-05-22WPR14CA204 · Cessna 150C N2068Z · accident · no injuries

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

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The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Restricted: prior permission required. Closed except schedule military aircraft.

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.