# Homey (Area 51) Airport, Groom Lake, United States

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Owner: United States Department of Defense
- Serves: Groom Lake, Nevada, United States
- Opened: 1955
- Elevation: 4,462 ft / 1,360 m
- Coordinates: 37.2350, -115.8110
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 12,000 ft / 3,658 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51 (65 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177397
- Ident: KXTA

## Timeline

- 1955: Homey (Area 51) Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m | =336 of 29,858 | =85 in North America | =75 in US |
| Elevation | 4,462 ft / 1,360 m | =2,734 of 43,403 | =1,460 in North America | #1,147 in US |
| Age | Opened 1955 | =4,103 of 15,079 | =2,816 in North America | =2,748 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [DRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdra.md) Desert Rock Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [VGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvgt.md) North Las Vegas Airport · 79 mi / 127 km
- [LSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klsv.md) Nellis Air Force Base · 81 mi / 131 km
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · 88 mi / 141 km
- [TPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktph.md) Tonopah Airport · 90 mi / 145 km

## Sources

- [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/kxta/data