Crescent Valley Airport
U74 · Crescent Valley, Nevada · Eureka County · map
Crescent Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the U.S. Dept of the Interior, 1 mile east of Crescent Valley, Nevada, 4,791 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,424 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U74
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- U.S. Dept of the Interior
- Elevation
- 4,791 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1964
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,424 × 60 ft | Dirt, poor | |
| 15/33 | 4,650 × 75 ft | Dirt, poor |
- Runway 05: road 17 ft high 35 ft from the end
- Runway 23: road 15 ft high 30 ft from the end
- Runway 15: tree 60 ft high 675 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Crescent Valley from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Crescent Valley, Nevada: 3 helicopters, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 2 tie down points northwest corner of airport.
- East 3000 feet of runway 23 soft with lateral rivulet/ditches 6-10 inches deep.
- Weeds cvr over 1/2 the runway surface.
- Uncontrolled vehicle aces all runways.
- Cattle on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Runway 15/33 - 2 feet earth ridges alg runway edges and 3 feet berm alg both sides 0F runway.
- Runway 05/23 - 1 feet drainage ditch both sides of runway and 2 feet earth ridges alg runway edges.
- Runway 05/23 - first 1600 feet of runway rough surface.
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.