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Minden-Tahoe Airport

39.00030°N
-119.75100°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 34.4%
DEP / DAY
22
▼ 36.1%

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 7,399 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 22 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
55°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMEV 140715Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 13/11 A3006 RMK AO2

Runways

3 installed

7,399 FT MAX
12/30
5,299 ft × 75
ASPH-G○ unlit
12G/30G
2,050 ft × 60
DIRT-G○ unlit
16/34
7,399 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

34
44% of ops
441 land · 402 TO
30
31% of ops
305 land · 218 TO
16
17% of ops
165 land · 71 TO
12
8% of ops
84 land · 44 TO
Runway 34 carries 44% of operations (441 landings, 402 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

34 441 landings
UA 10%
30 305 landings
UA 4%
16 165 landings
UA 7%
12 84 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (45 UA events from 441 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
55.5
flights/day · 1,665 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 55.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (80.2 vs 48.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

223 · 24%
131 · 14%
82 · 9%
52 · 5%
44 · 5%
43 · 5%
Activity is led by (24% of 948 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

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 360 s
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
09/25/2011
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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