# Desert Rock Airport (DRA / KDRA)

**Desert Rock Airport** (IATA: DRA, ICAO: KDRA) is a medium airport in Mercury, Nevada, United States. It has one runway, 7,515 ft (2,291 m) long, concrete. It is operated by Mercury.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdra

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DRA / KDRA
- FAA: NV65
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Mercury
- Serves: Mercury, Nevada, United States
- Elevation: 3,314 ft / 1,010 m
- Coordinates: 36.6194, -116.0330
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,515 ft / 2,291 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Rock_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1654771
- Weather station: KDRA · WMO 72387
- Ident: KDRA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 7,515 ft / 2,291 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete |  | yes |

- 02/20 slopes 2.1%: threshold 02 at 3,148 ft / 960 m, threshold 20 at 3,303 ft / 1,007 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,515 ft / 2,291 m | =3,096 of 29,858 | #659 in North America | #487 in US |
| Elevation | 3,314 ft / 1,010 m | =4,712 of 43,403 | =2,443 in North America | =1,900 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AAS | MERCURY RDO | 118.700 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.675 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdra/data