Tonopah Test Range Airport
TNX · KTNX · Tonopah, Nevada · Nye County · map
Tonopah Test Range Airport is a private airport owned by the US Air Force, 27 miles southeast of Tonopah, Nevada, 5,550 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 11,998 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tonopah Test Range Airport…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TNX · ICAO KTNX
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- US Air Force
- Elevation
- 5,550 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates h24 from 1300z++ monday through 0305z++ friday, closed wkend and holidays; otr times by notam.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 11,998 × 150 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 33: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Ground | 127.25 | Silverbow |
| Tower | 124.75 | Silverbow |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 119.45 | Silverbow |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tonopah Airport (21 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Tonopah Airport (21 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Nevada · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate ALSF-1 runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - 257.95. ALSF-1 runway 15 and 33 HI intst only.
- Rectangular 7000 feet above sea level 1500 feet above ground level; ovhd 7500 feet above sea level 2000 feet above ground level.
- 1300Z++ Monday - 0305Z++ Friday; closed wkend and holidays; otr times by NOTAM.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1600 feet).
- JASU-3 (AM32A-60A).
- FLUID-DE-ICE.
- OIL- O-148.
- Tran alert: 1300-0300Z++ wkday; closed wkend and holidays; fleet service and maintenance unavailable.
- Misc: no classified mtrl storage.
- Ctn: HI per military operations R4809A.
- Bash migratory bird act OCT- mar phase II.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tonopah from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Tonopah, Nevada: 4 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tonopah 7 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 helicopters
- Kc Aviation Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Nevada 1,294 since 1982 · 223 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nevada 51 landing places
- Nevada 4,583 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TNX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.