# Air Sailing Gliderport (NV23)

**Air Sailing Gliderport** (FAA: NV23) is a small airport in Sparks, Nevada, United States. It opened in Nov 1975. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,000 ft (2,134 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nv23

## At a glance

- FAA: NV23
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sparks, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Nov 1975
- Elevation: 4,300 ft / 1,311 m
- Coordinates: 39.8691, -119.7030
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,000 ft / 2,134 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49744831
- Weather station: KRTS
- Ident: NV23

## Timeline

- Nov 1975: Air Sailing Gliderport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 7,000 ft / 2,134 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Dirt |  |  |
| 03/21 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Dirt |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,000 ft / 2,134 m | =3,488 of 29,858 | =832 in North America | =631 in US |
| Elevation | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | =2,967 of 43,403 | =1,586 in North America | =1,250 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [77NV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/77nv.md) Flying Eagle Airport · 2.0 mi / 3.2 km
- [US-5403](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5403.md) Nefas Airport · 2.6 mi / 4.2 km
- [2NV2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2nv2.md) Gibb Ranch Airport · 2.7 mi / 4.4 km
- [US-5404](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5404.md) Williams Airport · 3.3 mi / 5.3 km
- [NV96](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nv96.md) Rolling Thunder Airport · 3.9 mi / 6.3 km
- [US-5609](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5609.md) Winnemucca Ranch Airport · 7.6 mi / 12 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nv23/data