# Sweetwater (USMC) Airport (NV72)

**Sweetwater (USMC) Airport** (FAA: NV72) is a small airport in Wellington, Nevada, United States. It opened in Dec 1994. It has one runway, 3,700 ft (1,128 m) long, dirt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nv72

## At a glance

- FAA: NV72
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wellington, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Dec 1994
- Elevation: 6,837 ft / 2,084 m
- Coordinates: 38.5098, -119.2170
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,700 ft / 1,128 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670362
- Weather station: KBAN
- Ident: NV72

## Timeline

- Dec 1994: Sweetwater (USMC) Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Dirt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,700 ft / 1,128 m | =11,541 of 29,858 | =4,594 in North America | =3,836 in US |
| Elevation | 6,837 ft / 2,084 m | #587 of 43,403 | #280 in North America | #198 in US |
| Age | Opened 1994 | =10,385 of 15,079 | =8,108 in North America | =7,995 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

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## 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/nv72/data