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NV65 Desert Rock Airport
Mercury, Nevada, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 29 OCTOBER 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: NV65
Lat/Long: 36-37-11.8000N 116-01-56.2250W
36-37.196667N 116-01.937083W
36.6199444,-116.0322847
(estimated)
Elevation: 3314 ft. / 1010.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15E (1980)
From city: 3 miles SW of MERCURY, NV
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 89020

Airport Operations

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

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • ADVISORY CALL IS 'MERCURY RADIO'.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTYr091/36.1BEATTY VORTAC114.7016E

Airport Services

Oil available: ACTVT MIRL RWY 02/20 - CTAF.
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 RWY 02/20 OTS UFN.
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 36-36.683333N36-37.710000N
Longitude: 116-02.366667W116-01.507500W
Elevation: 3148.0 ft.3303.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left
VASI RWY 02/20 OTS UFN.
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: US DEPT ENERGY/NEVADA
PO BOX 435 M/S 733
MERCURY, NV 89023
Phone 702-295-4015
Manager: ROBERT ZIEHM
P.O. BOX 98521, NSF01
LAS VEGAS, NV 89193-8521
Phone 702-295-1235

Additional Remarks

A58-20 RISING TRRN OUT FROM THR.
A58-02 3 FT BUSH 50 FT OUT ON RIGHT EDGE OF RWY.
- USED RGLRLY BY DOE, AND DOD & DOE HELS.
- CAUTION: RWY 20 TRRN RISES THRU APCH ZONE - 2.4 DEG RWY UPSLOPE. RWY 20 CLEAR APCH FM DTHR EXCPFOR 60 FT RISING TRRN TO END OF DSPLCD AREA.
- RWY 20 CLEAR APCH FM DTHR XCP FOR 60 FT ASNDING TRRN TO END OF DSPLCD AREA. 2.4 DEGS RWY SLOPE.
- PPR FM DOE.
- FOR CD CTC NELLIS APCH AT 702-652-4172.

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 - Harry Reid 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-Nov-2026
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5413:54
Sunrise06:2114:21
Sunset16:3600:36
Evening civil twilight17:0301:03

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Nov-2026 10:15:14
Local (UTC-8)  13-Nov-2026 02:15:14
 
METAR
KDRA 130953Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM FEW080 09/02 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP076 T00940022
KINS 
18nm E 		130955Z 27003KT 10SM CLR 08/01 A2984 RMK AO2A SLP078 T00750009 $
TAF
KINS 
18nm E 		130456Z 1305/1411 VRB06KT 9999 FEW080 FEW250 QNH2977INS BECMG 1316/1317 11010G18KT 9999 SCT080 BKN200 QNH2967INS TEMPO 1317/1321 12015G22KT 510009 BECMG 1320/1321 13018G27KT BKN080 520009 QNH2962INS SHRA OMTNS TEMPO 1321/1403 16020G33KT BECMG 1402/1403 21018G27KT 9999 SCT080 BKN120 520009 QNH2961INS BECMG 1406/1407 22020G33KT 9999 SCT060 520009 QNH2961INS TX21/1322Z TN07/1314Z
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