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Desert Rock Airport

Mercury, United States

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Desert Rock Airport

Mercury, United States
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Remote federal airstrip serving the Nevada National Security Site.

Location
Mercury, United States
Desert Rock Airport (IATA: DRA, ICAO: KDRA) is a small general aviation and government airstrip located near Mercury, Nevada, within the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), formerly known as the Nevada Test Site. The facility is operated under federal authority and primarily serves personnel and contractors working at the NNSS. The airport is situated in a remote desert region of Nye County, Nevada, and is not open to the general public. Access is strictly controlled due to the sensitive nature of the surrounding federal installation, which has historically been used for nuclear weapons testing and related research activities. Commercial airline service is not available at Desert Rock Airport. The facility exists to support official government and contractor operations at one of the most secure federal reservations in the United States.
Getting to & from
Access to the airport and Mercury is restricted to authorized personnel with government-issued clearance; no public ground transportation is available.
Airlines here
No commercial airlines operate at Desert Rock Airport; it serves only government and contractor personnel.
Notable facts
  • ›Located within the Nevada National Security Site, a heavily restricted federal installation.
  • ›Mercury, Nevada, is a federally controlled town with no permanent civilian population.
  • ›The airport primarily supports personnel working on national security and energy research programs.
  • ›The surrounding area was the primary U.S. continental nuclear weapons test site from 1951 to 1992.
  • ›No public access or commercial services are available at this facility.
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Desert Rock Airport
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Desert Rock Airport is a private-use airport located three miles (5 km) 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.

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