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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2003
Runway
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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Minden-Tahoe Airport (28 nm northwest), Hawthorne Industrial Airport (33 nm east), Lake Tahoe Airport (34 nm west), Carson City Airport (36 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Yerington Municipal (21 nm north), Minden-Tahoe Airport (28 nm northwest), Hawthorne Industrial Airport (33 nm east), Lake Tahoe Airport (34 nm west).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wellington from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Wellington, Nevada: 19 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wellington 21 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- 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 4,585 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NV97.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 28, 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.