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Minden-Tahoe Airport

39.00030°N
-119.75100°W
ARR / DAY
0
30.2%
DEP / DAY
0
41.6%

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

34
43% of ops
768 land · 706 TO
30
29% of ops
522 land · 376 TO
16
19% of ops
331 land · 139 TO
12
9% of ops
153 land · 78 TO
Runway 34 carries 43% of operations (768 landings, 706 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

34 768 landings
UA 10%
30 522 landings
UA 5%
16 331 landings
UA 8%
12 153 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (75 UA events from 768 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
61.5
flights/day · 1,844 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 61.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (78.9 vs 57.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 1,025 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

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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