Yucca Airstrip
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OperatorDepartment of Energy
LocationNevada Test Site, Nevada, United States
ElevationAMSL3,919 ft / 1,195 m
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| Operator | Department of Energy | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Nevada Test Site, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,919 ft / 1,195 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°56′45″N 116°02′16″W / 36.94583°N 116.03778°W | ||||||||||||||
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Yucca Airstrip (IATA: UCC, ICAO: KUCC, FAA LID: NV11) is a private-use airport located 17 miles (27 km) north of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located on the Nevada Test Site[1] and is owned by the United States Department of Energy. On the sectional chart it is depicted as an unverified airstrip.
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA. However, this airport is assigned NV11 by the FAA but has been assigned UCC from the IATA. [2]
The airport was the staging area for Shot Badger, a test of the Upshot–Knothole Series of nuclear test shots on April 18, 1953.[3]
