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Homey (Area 51) Airport

37.2350°N 115.8110°W4,462 ft / 1,360 mMedium airport
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Area 51 - diagram
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Homey (Area 51) Airport is a medium airport in Groom Lake, Nevada, United States. It opened in 1955. It has one runway, 12,000 ft (3,658 m) long. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1955–1955
1955
OpenedHomey (Area 51) Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH—SURFACE—

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway12,000 ft3,658 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=336of 29,823 · =85 North America · =75 USElevation4,462 ft1,360 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,729of 43,341 · =1,456 North America · #1,143 USAgeOpened 19552026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,103of 15,079 · =2,816 North America · =2,748 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record