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NV72 Sweetwater (US Marine Corps) Airport
Wellington, Nevada, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: NV72
Lat/Long: 38-30-54.0000N 119-12-49.0000W
38-30.900000N 119-12.816667W
38.5150000,-119.2136111
(estimated)
Elevation: 6837 ft. / 2084 m (estimated)
Variation: 15E (1995)
From city: 16 miles SE of WELLINGTON, NV
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 89444

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 12/1994
Control tower: no
ARTCC: OAKLAND CENTER
FSS: RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 3700 x 60 ft. / 1128 x 18 m
Surface: dirt
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: U.S. Navy
Owner: US MARINE CORPS
MARINE CORP MTN WAR TRNG CTR
BRIDGEPORT, CA 93517-5001
Phone 760-932-1445
Manager: CAPT. J.M. GEISLER
MARINE CORP MTN WAR TRNG CTR
BRIDGEPORT, CA 93517-5001
Phone 760-932-1445

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.
- RSTD: PPR. CLSD EXC SKED MIL ACFT.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at NV72.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHTH - Hawthorne Industrial Airport (27 nm E)
O43 - Yerington Municipal Airport (30 nm N)
KMEV - Minden-Tahoe Airport (38 nm NW)
KTVL - Lake Tahoe Airport (43 nm NW)
KCXP - Carson City Airport (47 nm NW)
  
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Photo taken 05-Mar-2018
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-Apr-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0013:00
Sunrise06:2813:28
Sunset19:2802:28
Evening civil twilight19:5602:56

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Apr-2025 07:14:46
Local (UTC-7)  11-Apr-2025 00:14:46
 
METAR
KBAN 
17nm SW 		110652Z AUTO 10SM CLR 11/M01 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01111006 PWINO $
KHTH 
27nm E 		110655Z AUTO 32011KT 10SM CLR 18/M03 A3022 RMK A01
TAF
KMEV 
39nm NW 		110606Z 1106/1206 VRB05KT P6SM BKN180 FM112000 27015G24KT P6SM SCT200
KTVL 
43nm NW 		110606Z 1106/1206 VRB05KT P6SM OVC160 FM112000 19011G19KT P6SM BKN200
KCXP 
47nm NW 		110606Z 1106/1206 VRB05KT P6SM BKN180 FM112000 26014G23KT P6SM SCT200
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