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KMEV · MEV
Minden-Tahoe Airport
39.00030°N
-119.75100°W
ARR / DAY
37
▼
16.0%
DEP / DAY
34
▼
16.3%
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 37 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
50°F
Wind
6 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Observed weather patterns
- • 18 of 208 unstable approaches (9%) coincided with wind speeds above 20 kt or gusts above 25 kt, 1.8× 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
45% of ops
1,127 land · 1,079 TO
30
28% of ops
710 land · 572 TO
16
16% of ops
409 land · 109 TO
12
10% of ops
257 land · 146 TO
Runway 34 carries 45% of operations (1,127 landings, 1,079 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
34
1,127 landings
UA 12%
30
710 landings
UA 7%GA 0.4%
16
409 landings
UA 3%GA 0.5%
12
257 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 34 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (134 UA events from 1,127 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
64.6
flights/day · 1,938 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
62%
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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