Winnemucca Municipal
WMC · KWMC · Winnemucca, Nevada · Humboldt County · map
Winnemucca Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City/County of Winnemucca, 5 miles southwest of Winnemucca, Nevada, 4,308 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,925 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KWMC · observed 2:56 pm PDT (21:56 UTC), 57 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KWMC 062156Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 30/M01 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP162 T03001011
TAF KWMC 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WMC · ICAO KWMC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City/County of Winnemucca
- Elevation
- 4,308 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to October, every day, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; November to May, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1943
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 7,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 4,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 25 × 25 ft | Concrete, good | Flood lights |
| H2 | 25 × 25 ft | Concrete, good | Flood lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 30 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 12 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Wmc and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.175 | |
| Winnemucca and rco | 122.3 | Winnemucca |
| Battle Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.25 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 775-277-3051.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,925, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Winnemucca from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Winnemucca, Nevada: 34 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 · 19 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
- Constructed prior to 5/15/59.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 14 and 32, 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. Preset LO intst; incr/decr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unmrkd 25 feet an X 25 feet concrete tlof adjacent to apron parking and taxiway alpha.
- H2 adjacent to apron parking and taxiway alpha
- H1 pad perimeter edging is damaged
- H2 perimeter edging is damaged.
- Full strength pavement areas include north 1000 feet of parallel taxiway (runway 14/32 to taxiway a); west 1000 feet of taxiway a; 600 feet of north/south tower (from taxiway a).
- Mountains in southwest quadrant.
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.