KMEV Minden-Tahoe Airport VFR

  • Name
    Minden-Tahoe Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    KMEV / MEV / KMEV
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    3:44 am (PST)
  • Municipality
    Minden
  • Coordinates
    39° 0′ 1″ N 119° 45′ 3″ E
  • Elevation
    4’722 ft (1’439 m MSL)

About Minden-Tahoe Airport

Minden–Tahoe Airport (IATA: MEV, ICAO: KMEV, FAA LID: MEV) is a general aviation airport serving the Carson Valley in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, including the towns of Minden, Gardnerville and Genoa, Nevada; and Lake Tahoe to the west. The airport is about five miles north of Minden. It is home to the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center and regional firefighting air tanker base.

The airport is a mecca for soaring, and many North American and world records have been flown out of Minden in the many gliders that it hosts.

Gliders are usually towed to altitudes of 1,000 to 2,000 ft (300 to 610 m) over the airport, and they are often able to make out and return flights to the White Mountains, Owens Valley, and Eastern Nevada, often covering distances of over 500 mi (800 km).

During winter months the famous Sierra mountain wave can carry gliders well over 25,000 ft (7,600 m), with the Minden record well over 40,000 ft (12,000 m).

A non-fatal mid-air collision near the Pine Nuts range between a glider and a small jet at 16,000 ft (4,900 m) has heightened the awareness for all airplanes flying in the area that both types of aircraft need to watch for each other.

The airport is undergoing an expansion plan where glider operations will be moved to the east side of the airport.

Minden–Tahoe Airport is the base for the "Introduction to Soaring" tutorial mission supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

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