# Desert Creek Airport (NV97)

**Desert Creek Airport** (FAA: NV97) is a small airport in Wellington, Nevada, United States. It opened in Dec 2003. It has one runway, 1,441 ft (439 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nv97

## At a glance

- FAA: NV97
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wellington, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Dec 2003
- Elevation: 5,358 ft / 1,633 m
- Coordinates: 38.6842, -119.3220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,441 ft / 439 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745915
- Weather station: KBAN
- Ident: NV97

## Timeline

- Dec 2003: Desert Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,441 ft / 439 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,441 ft / 439 m | #28,222 of 29,858 | #14,318 in North America | #12,785 in US |
| Elevation | 5,358 ft / 1,633 m | #1,593 of 43,403 | #814 in North America | #607 in US |
| Age | Opened 2003 | =11,754 of 15,079 | =9,312 in North America | =9,184 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/nv97/data