Minden Airstrip Review

On Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:51:07 AM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
The Truckee database covers the exact same area and is much more current. It is maintained by Sergio and myself. Last update was earlier this year. Still it may have outdated data, but at least anything that was brought to our attention was corrected. I recommend anyone flying from Reno area to use the Truckee database. However as others pointed out, if you can't get high enough (over 12K) it is not worth trying to go XC here. If you are at the normal altitude band, there are only few airports we occasionaly land at: Carson, Rosachi, topaz international, Hilton ranch, swee****er, alpine county, Bridgeport, Mamooth, Lee Vining, Bishop, Hawthorn, Yerrington, Mina, gabbs, Austin, Flanigan, Susanville, Sierraville, Nervino.

These are the ones that comes to mind. I may have missed few. You probably don't need to consider more than that.



Ramy

Ramy,

Thanks for taking the time to list out the most commonly used airports. I agree that all these aiports, with the exception of Flanigan (no airport found, waypoint is coded as non-landable) appear imminently landable even for 18m. Nervino is called 'Beckworth' in the Minden database, but 'Nervino' in AirNav and the FAA database. Don't know why the Minden database renamed it, but ... ;-).

Are you referring to the dry lake bed near Flanigan, and if so, can you comment on what parts of the year it is usable?

TIA,

Frank (TA)