FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | 0V3 |
Lat/Long: | 40-30-53.7000N 098-56-44.3000W 40-30.895000N 098-56.738333W 40.5149167,-98.9456389 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 2160.4 ft. / 658.5 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 07E (2000) |
From city: | 1 mile NE of MINDEN, NE |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 68959 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 02/1950 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | MINNEAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | COLUMBUS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | OLU (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT PAPI RWYS 16 & 34; MIRL RWY 16/34 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
WX AWOS-3PT at EAR (13 nm N): | 123.875 (308-237-5608) |
WX AWOS-3 at HDE (18 nm W): | 121.325 (308-995-6433) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ON FREQUENCIES 119.4/278.8 (HASTINGS RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
EARr163/(12.9) | | KEARNEY VOR | | 111.20 | | 05E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 16/34
Dimensions: | 3900 x 60 ft. / 1189 x 18 m |
Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 30.0 | Double wheel: | 52.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 16 | | RUNWAY 34 |
Latitude: | 40-31.179032N | | 40-30.554652N |
Longitude: | 098-56.848502W | | 098-56.651103W |
Elevation: | 2156.3 ft. | | 2152.7 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
Runway heading: | 159 magnetic, 166 true | | 339 magnetic, 346 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 5 ft. fence, 340 ft. from runway, 28:1 slope to clear UNLIGHTED PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM ROTATES THROUGH APPROACH AREA DURING IRRIGATION SEASON. | | 44 ft. trees, 985 ft. from runway, 256 ft. right of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear |
Runway 5/23
Dimensions: | 1275 x 300 ft. / 389 x 91 m |
Surface: | turf, in good condition |
| RUNWAY 5 | | RUNWAY 23 |
Latitude: | 40-30.926083N | | 40-31.034167N |
Longitude: | 098-56.824100W | | 098-56.588217W |
Elevation: | 2154.0 ft. | | 2155.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 052 magnetic, 059 true | | 232 magnetic, 239 true |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | MINDEN AIRPORT AUTHORITY PO BOX 295 MINDEN, NE 68959-0295 Phone 308-830-0391 |
Manager: | BRENT STEWART PO BOX 295 MINDEN, NE 68959-0295 Phone 308-830-0391 FOR SVC CTC BRENT 308-830-0391. |
Additional Remarks
A52-23 | GAS LINE MARKER POLE. |
A57-05 | RWY 23 UNLGTD PIVOT IRRIGATION SYS ROTS THROUGH APCH AREA DURING IRRIGATION SEASON. PIVOT IS 16 FT ABV; 205 FT OUT, 0B; 12:1 WHEN IN APCH. |
- | TWR 1163 FT AGL 3240 FT MSL 9 NM ENE. |
- | ULTRALIGHT ACTVY ON AND INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC AT 651-463-5588. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 15 May 2025 at 0901Z to 13 June 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 | |
download (197KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 34 | |
download (182KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (352KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEAR - Kearney Regional Airport (13 nm N)
KHDE - Brewster Field Airport (18 nm W)
KHSI - Hastings Municipal Airport (24 nm E)
4D9 - Alma Municipal Airport (30 nm SW)
7V7 - Red Cloud Municipal Airport (32 nm SE)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Chuck Jacobsen
Photo taken 15-Jun-2011
looking south.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Pioneer Village Field Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 24-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:41 | | 10:41 |
Sunrise | | 06:13 | | 11:13 |
Sunset | | 20:52 | | 01:52 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:24 | | 02:24 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 24-May-2025 20:56:06 |
Local (UTC-5) | 24-May-2025 15:56:06 |
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METAR |
KEAR 12nm N | 241956Z AUTO 07015KT 10SM BKN100 BKN120 19/11 A3012 RMK AO2 RAB18E31 SLP195 P0000 T01940106
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KHDE 17nm W | 242035Z AUTO 05016G24KT 10SM SCT040 BKN085 OVC110 20/11 A3007 RMK AO2 T02030108
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KHSI 24nm E | 241953Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02000106
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TAF |
KEAR 12nm N | 241732Z 2418/2518 08013KT P6SM VCSH BKN045 BKN060 PROB30 2421/2501 -SHRA BKN035 FM250100 05011KT 6SM -SHRA OVC030 PROB30 2501/2507 5SM -SHRA BKN020 FM250700 06013KT 5SM -SHRA BKN008 OVC015 PROB30 2509/2513 3SM -SHRA BKN006 FM251400 07013KT 6SM BR VCSH BKN010 BKN020 PROB30 2514/2518 6SM -SHRA OVC008
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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