Desert Rock Airport
Desert Rock Airport is a private-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located on the Nevada Test Site and is owned by the United States Department of Energy.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 3,219 feet (981 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code DRA
- …has the ICAO airport code KDRA
- …is operated by the United States Department of Energy
- Description: airport in Nevada, United States of America
- Address: Po Box 435 M/s 733, Mercury, NV 89023
- Also known as“Desert Rock AAF”“Desert Rock Airstrip”“DRA”“KDRA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mercury.
Desert Rock Airport
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Latitude
36.61964° or 36° 37′ 11″ north
Longitude
-116.03216° or 116° 1′ 56″ west
Open location code
8585JX99+V4
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OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Desert Rock Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Desert Rock Airport”
- Chinese: “沙漠石機場”
- French: “aérodrome de Desert Rock”
- French: “NV65”
- Indonesian: “DRA”
- Indonesian: “KDRA”
- Persian: “DRA”
- Persian: “KDRA”
- Persian: “فرودگاه دزرت راک”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Desert Rock”
- Swedish: “Desert Rock Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи дзрт рок”
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