Desert Rock Airport

Desert Rock Airport is a private-use located three miles southwest of the central business district of , in , , . The airport is located on the and is owned by the United States Department of Energy.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Nevada, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Desert Rock AAF”, “Desert Rock Airstrip”, “DRA”, and “KDRA”
  • Address: Po Box 435 M/s 733, Mercury, NV 89023

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mercury.

Hamlet
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is a closed village in , , United States, 5 miles north of U.S. Route 95 at a point 65 miles northwest of . It is situated within the and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to house and service the staff of the test site.

Desert Rock Airport

Latitude
36.61964° or 36° 37′ 11″ north
Longitude
-116.03216° or 116° 1′ 56″ west
Elevation
3,219 feet (981 metres)
Operator
United States Department of Energy
IATA airport code
DRA
ICAO airport code
KDRA
Open location code
8585JX99+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 489591911
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5502925
Wiki­data ID
Q1654771
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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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