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Desert Creek Airport

NV97 · Wellington, Nevada · Lyon County · map

Desert Creek Airport is a private airport, 8 miles southeast of Wellington, Nevada, 5,358 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,441 feet of gravel.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA NV97
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 5,358 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irregular hours
On the chart: San Francisco sectional
In the FAA's files since: December 2003

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
17/35	1,441 × 60 ft	Gravel

Runway 17: trees 10 ft high 10 ft from the end
Runway 35: fence on the approach

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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Rosaschi Air Park Airport N59 · 9 nm north Flying M Ranch Airport 3A5 · 16 nm east Alpine County M45 · 21 nm west Yerington Municipal O43 · 21 nm north Bryant Field O57 · 26 nm south Minden-Tahoe Airport MEV · 28 nm northwest Topaz Ranch Airport 43NV · 7 nm west · private Farias Wheel Airport NV33 · 10 nm north · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided private use only, VFR operations and conduct operations in accordance with requirements of overlying airspace.
Avoid overflight of homes. Land south, TAKE- off north.
Deer and dogs on runway.
Mountain 1.5 NM west and 2 NM south.

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.