Minden-Tahoe Airport satellite view
📍 Minden⬆ 4,722 ft3 runways
KMEV · MEV

Minden-Tahoe Airport

39.00030°N
-119.75100°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 27.1%
DEP / DAY
23
▼ 29.9%

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 23 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KTVL, 15 mi away (KMEV does not publish METAR)

34m ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KTVL 121953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC065 08/M06 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP113 T00781061 $

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

34
52% of ops
440 land · 438 TO
30
21% of ops
183 land · 110 TO
16
15% of ops
131 land · 67 TO
12
12% of ops
99 land · 41 TO
Runway 34 carries 52% of operations (440 landings, 438 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 21%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

34 440 landings
UA 13%
30 183 landings
UA 3%
16 131 landings
UA 5%
12 99 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 34 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (56 UA events from 440 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
47.8
flights/day · 1,434 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 47.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (48.4 vs 49.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (23% of 796 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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PilotBobSenior
9/25/2011
Great field
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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