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 12,001 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.
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
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 | 12,001 × 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Nevada.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.