Airports / Nevada / XSD
Tonopah Test Range Airport
KTNX / XSDTonopah, NevadaELEV 5,549 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tonopah Airport (TPH).
Overview
Tonopah Test Range Airport, listed as KTNX / XSD, is a general aviation field in Tonopah, Nevada. The field lies at an elevation of 5,549 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
XSD has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Tonopah Airport (TPH, 21 nm), Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA, 57 nm), and Desert Rock Airport (DRA, 79 nm).
Quotes for flights out of XSD vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from XSD, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KTNX
IATA
XSD
FAA / Local
TNX
Elevation
5,549 ft
Coordinates
37.7988° N · 116.7810° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NV fields
state range 1,870–6,259 ft
At 5,549 ft, XSD sits higher than 83% of the 30 Nevada fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 21nmTPHTonopah AirportTonopah
- 57nmKXTAHomey (Area 51) AirportGroom Lake
- 79nmDRADesert Rock AirportMercury
- 80nmBIHEastern Sierra Regional AirportBishop
- 98nmMMHMammoth Yosemite AirportMammoth Lakes
- 122nmVGTNorth Las Vegas AirportLas Vegas
Location
Open the full mapKTNX · Tonopah Test Range Airport · Tonopah, NV
From the ramp
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