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KMEV · MEV
Minden-Tahoe Airport
39.00030°N
-119.75100°W
ARR / DAY
36
▲
12.5%
DEP / DAY
39
▲
23.9%
Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV/MEV) is a small general aviation airport located in Minden, NV, 37 mi south of Reno. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 36 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 2 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Observed weather patterns
- • 24 of 216 unstable approaches (11%) coincided with wind speeds above 20 kt or gusts above 25 kt, 2.1× the rate observed during clear conditions.
Statistical association, not causation. Last 30 days.
Runways
3 installed
12/30
5,300 ft × 75
ASPH-G○ unlit
12G/30G
2,200 ft × 60
DIRT-G○ unlit
16/34
7,400 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
34
42% of ops
965 land · 981 TO
30
35% of ops
794 land · 663 TO
16
15% of ops
343 land · 93 TO
12
9% of ops
199 land · 80 TO
Runway 34 carries 42% of operations (965 landings, 981 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 35%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
34
965 landings
UA 13%
30
794 landings
UA 9%GA 0.5%
16
343 landings
UA 3%GA 0.6%
12
199 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 34 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (121 UA events from 965 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
57.4
flights/day · 1,721 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.050 | — |
| APCH | 119.200 | — |
| APCH | 279.550 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.050 | — |
| AWOS | 119.325 | — |
| CD/P | 133.250 | — |
| OTHER | 133.250 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZOA
- Mag var:
- 15° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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PilotBobSenior
9/25/2011
Slept the night here (in my plane). No close hotels but one of the best airport cafe's you could ever ask for. Small in a hanger pilot shop with great people. A real down home feel to the place. Stop and relax over a great meal at the Tail Dragger Restaurant.
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