# Desert Rock Airport (DRA)

> Mercury, US · IATA: DRA · ICAO: KDRA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DRA` |
| ICAO | `KDRA` |
| City | Mercury |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 1010 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 36.61940, -116.03300 |

## Description

DRA appears in the databases, but no routing should ever pass through it: Desert Rock Airport at Mercury serves the Nevada National Security Site — the former US nuclear test site — and operates as a closed Department of Energy departmental airfield. Its single asphalt runway 2/20 measures about 7,515 feet and dates from the 1950s test programme; neighbouring Camp Desert Rock housed the US Army's atomic manoeuvre battalion from 1951 to 1955, and John F. Kennedy landed here on an inspection visit in 1962. Only government, departmental and DOE contract flights use the strip today, keeping the site supplied. Despite holding an IATA code, it has never sold tickets to civilians, and there is no civil air cargo, customs post or commercial handling of any kind. Commercial shipments for the area move through Harry Reid International (LAS) in Las Vegas, roughly sixty miles southeast, with road connections via Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95.

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