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KTNX Tonopah Test Range Airport
Tonopah, Nevada, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: TNX
Lat/Long: 37-47-40.7750N / 116-46-43.2290W
37-47.679583N / 116-46.720483W
37.7946597 / -116.7786747
(estimated)
Elevation: 5549 ft. / 1691 m (estimated)
Variation: 15E (1980)
From city: 27 miles SE of TONOPAH, NV
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 89013

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 07/1969
Sectional chart: LAS VEGAS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS: RENO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: RY LGTS OPER BY CALLING SILVERBOW TOWER 134.1 OR 297.65.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
TPHr123/18.6TONOPAH VORTAC117.2017E

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 12000 x 150 ft. / 3658 x 46 m
Surface: concrete
Runway edge lights: high intensity
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: U.S. Air Force
Owner: US AIR FORCE
HQ AIR COMBAT COMMAND
LANGLEY AFB, VA 23665
Phone 804-764-3120
Manager: VERNON GABBARD JR
SANDIA LAB PO BOX 871
TONOPAH, NV 89049
Phone 702-295-8313

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 200/year *
100% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 14 December 1983

Additional Remarks

ARPT LCTD WITHIN R-4809.
1000' UNLGTD OVRN SOUTH END RY 14/32.
PPR FOR ENTRY INTO TEST RANGE CALL SILVERBOW TOWER 134.1 OR 297.65.
1000' UNLGTD OVRN NORTH END RY 14/32.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at KTNX.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTPH - Tonopah Airport (22 nm NW)
KBIH - Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (79 nm W)
KMMH - Mammoth Yosemite Airport (98 nm W)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KTNX (Tonopah Test Range Airport)
Photo by Bryan L.
Taken in August 2008
from the northwest

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From to KTNX

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5313:53
Sunrise06:2114:21
Sunset16:4100:41
Evening civil twilight17:0801:08

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 13:19:19
Local (UTC-8)  08-Nov-2009 05:19:19
 
METAR
KTPH 
21nm NW 
081256Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR M02/M11 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP186 T10171111 FZRANO
KBJN 
27nm SE 
081256Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM CLR 02/M10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP055 T00171100
TAF
KTPH 
21nm NW 
081120Z 0812/0912 36010KT P6SM BKN200 FM081700 VRB06KT P6SM SCT130 BKN150 FM090100 36006KT P6SM SCT250
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