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NV65
(formerly KDRA)
Desert Rock Airport
Mercury, Nevada, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier: NV65
Lat/Long: 36-37-09.8380N / 116-01-58.1110W
36-37.163967N / 116-01.968517W
36.6193994 / -116.0328086
(estimated)
Elevation: 3314 ft. / 1010.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15E (1980)
From city: 3 miles SW of MERCURY, NV
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 89020

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Sectional chart: LAS VEGAS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS: RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

UNICOM: 122.8
ADVY: 118.7 261.1
WX ASOS at INS (17 nm E): 121.125 (C702-404-0667)
  • ADVISORY CALL IS 'MERCURY RADIO'.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTYr092/36.1BEATTY VORTAC114.7016E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MERCURYat field32616EMCY -- -.-. -.--

Airport Services

Fuel available: A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 7515 x 100 ft. / 2291 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
MIRL RY 02/20 OTS INDEFLY.
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no2465 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left
VASI RY 02/20 OTS INDEFLY.
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: none
+3' BUSH 50' OUT ON RIGHT EDGE OF RWY.
100 ft. pline, marked, 3100 ft. from runway, 28:1 slope to clear
RISING TERRAIN OUT FROM THR.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: US DEPT ENERGY/NEVADA
PO BOX 435 M/S 733
MERCURY, NV 89023
Phone 702-295-6489
Manager: WILLIAM D. BARRICK
232 ENERGY WAY - MS WB105
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89193-8903
Phone 702-295-4031

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 90/week *
68% air taxi
21% military
11% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 04 April 1985

Additional Remarks

USED REGULARLY BY DEPT OF ENERGY F-27, F-227, DC-9, DHC-7, KINGAIR-MIL C-130, MILITARY & D.O.E. HELICOPTERS.
RWY 20 TERRAIN RISES THROUGHOUT APCH ZONE.
RWY 20 CLEAR APCH FROM DSPLCD THR XCP FOR +60' ASCENDING TERRAIN TO END OF DSPLCD AREA.
USE OF THIS AIRFIELD REQUIRES PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE DOE. ARPT RY LIGHTS MAY REQUIRE MANUAL OPERATION, WHICH COULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 30-45 MINS COORDINATION PRIOR TO ANY USAGE.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at NV65.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KVGT - North Las Vegas Airport (47 nm SE)
KLSV - Nellis Air Force Base (53 nm SE)
KLAS - Mc Carran International Airport (53 nm SE)
KHND - Henderson Executive Airport (58 nm SE)
KBVU - Boulder City Municipal Airport (70 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0914:09
Sunrise06:3514:35
Sunset17:2101:21
Evening civil twilight17:4801:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Feb-2012 09:58:25
Local (UTC-8)  13-Feb-2012 01:58:25
 
METAR
KDRA 130953Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM OVC110 07/M04 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP075 T00671044 TSNO
KINS 
18nm E 
130856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/M07 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP077 T00331072 58007 $
TAF
KINS 
18nm E 
1303/1409 24010G15KT 9999 FEW100 QNH2979INS BECMG 1305/1306 29009KT 9999 SCT100 BKN120 QNH2980INS BECMG 1314/1315 25012KT 9999 VCSH BKN100 OVC120 621006 QNH2968INS BECMG 1317/1318 25015G25KT 9999 NSW BKN120 621204 520009 520905 QNH2968INS BECMG 1319/1320 25025G35KT 9999 SCT080 530009 530905 QNH2960INS BECMG 1404/1405 23015G25KT 9999 BKN050 620808 520009 520905 QNH2970INS T10/1323Z T01/1314Z
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