Drafted — not technically validated
Record revision 1 · The present-day Nellis ranges and Las Vegas, home of Red Flag, with 17 airfields.
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DCS: Nevada Test and Training Range
- Simulator
- DCS World
- Made by
- Eagle Dynamics
- Setting
- Present day: The range as it is today, home of Red Flag [1]
- Area
- 366,000 km² of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California, with the whole NTTR airspace and its sub-ranges marked [1]
- Real-world theatre
- North America
- Purchase
- DCS WorldDCS: Nevada Test and Training Range Map by Eagle DynamicsDCS Store
Store pages checked 2026-10-28. Prices and availability change.
Map
Explore the map or select an airfield. Markers show runway, radio and navigation data. Present-day OpenStreetMap geography; no exact simulator terrain boundary is shown. Airfield markers follow the simulator data, including on historical maps; the basemap does not depict their historical surroundings.
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Airfield overlay: the same versioned simulator data as the table below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL.
Airfields
Every airfield with a runway in Nevada's data from the game: 17 airfields. Names link to this encyclopedia's entry where there is one.
| Airfield | Elevation | Runways | Tower (MHz) | TACAN, VOR and NDB | ILS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty36.8610° N, 116.7864° W | 3,148 ft | 16 (168°) / 34 (348°), 5,380 ft | — | — | — |
| Boulder City35.9487° N, 114.8618° W | 2,163 ft | 27L (269°) / 09 (089°), 4,613 ft33 (334°) / 15 (154°), 3,702 ft | VHF 118.05UHF 250.1low VHF 38.75 · HF 3.925from pydcs † | — | — |
| Creech36.5838° N, 115.6764° W | 3,126 ft | 08 (081°) / 26 (261°), 6,100 ft13 (135°) / 31 (315°), 4,064 ft | VHF 118.3UHF 360.6 | TACAN 87X* (INS) | 08: 108.7 (ICRR)13: 108.5 (ICRS) |
| Echo Bay36.3111° N, 114.4639° W | 1,526 ft | 06 (068°) / 24 (248°), 3,228 ft | — | — | — |
| Groom Lake37.2332° N, 115.7923° W | 4,475 ft | 32 (326°) / 14 (146°), 11,008 ft | VHF 118.0UHF 250.05low VHF 38.6 · HF 3.85from pydcs † | TACAN 18X* (GRL) | 32: 109.3 (GLRI) |
| Henderson Executive35.9740° N, 115.1331° W | 2,487 ft | 35R (350°) / 17L (170°), 4,753 ft35L (350°) / 17R (170°), 5,999 ft | VHF 125.1 | — | — |
| Jean35.7692° N, 115.3296° W | 2,824 ft | 20R (201°) / 02L (020°), 4,053 ft20L (201°) / 02R (021°), 3,437 ft | — | — | — |
| Laughlin35.1561° N, 114.5595° W | 656 ft | 16 (166°) / 34 (346°), 7,139 ft | VHF 123.9 | — | — |
| Lincoln County37.7874° N, 114.4199° W | 4,815 ft | 17 (171°) / 35 (351°), 4,408 ft | — | — | — |
| McCarran International36.0764° N, 115.1446° W | 2,104 ft | 07L (079°) / 25R (259°), 10,377 ft07R (079°) / 25L (259°), 10,008 ft | VHF 119.9UHF 257.8 | VORTAC 116X, 116.9 MHz (LAS) | runway not given: 111.75 (I-RLE)25R: 110.3 (I-LAS) |
| Mesquite36.8331° N, 114.0559° W | 1,859 ft | 01 (018°) / 19 (198°), 4,938 ft | — | — | — |
| Mina38.3798° N, 118.0967° W | 4,559 ft | 31 (320°) / 13 (140°), 4,223 ft | — | — | — |
| Nellis36.2352° N, 115.0330° W | 1,843 ft | 03L (030°) / 21R (210°), 9,454 ft03R (030°) / 21L (210°), 9,438 ft | VHF 132.55UHF 327.0 | TACAN 12X* (LSV) | 21L: 109.1 (IDIQ) |
| North Las Vegas36.2135° N, 115.1948° W | 2,229 ft | 25 (257°) / 07 (077°), 4,734 ft12L (123°) / 30R (303°), 3,338 ft30L (303°) / 12R (123°), 4,471 ft | VHF 125.7UHF 360.75 | — | 12L: 110.7 (I-HWG) |
| Pahute Mesa37.1020° N, 116.3128° W | 5,058 ft | 36 (002°) / 18 (182°), 5,420 ft | — | — | — |
| Tonopah38.0624° N, 117.0833° W | 5,391 ft | 29 (293°) / 11 (113°), 5,315 ft33 (333°) / 15 (153°), 6,716 ft | — | — | — |
| Tonopah Test Range37.7989° N, 116.7808° W | 5,534 ft | 32 (326°) / 14 (146°), 11,633 ft | VHF 124.75UHF 257.95 | VORTAC 77X, 113.0 MHz (TQQ) | 14: 108.3 (I-RVP)32: 111.7 (I-UVV) |
Source: dcs-world-schema reference data: Nevada airbases, beacons and navaids, dcs-world-schema, open-source data extracted by running DCS World 2.9.30.28536 (extracted 2026-10-04), at commit c3091e6. † Where that data gives an airfield no tower radio, the frequencies come from pydcs terrain data: nevada airports (airports.py), an open-source library whose terrain data mirrors the game's. Runway headings are magnetic, as the game computes them; lengths and elevations are converted from metres. The game gives TACAN and DME channels no X or Y band. Where a beacon’s listed frequency is the reply or paired VHF frequency of one band (ICAO Annex 10 channel plan), that band is shown. * marks an assumed X: the game lists no frequency that settles it, and every ground TACAN whose frequency does settle it is X. A dash means the game gives none.
Airfield coverage
| Airfield | On this map | Name in the sim | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellis Air Force Base | Represented | Nellis | 2026-10-27 |
| Edwards Air Force Base | Confirmed absent | — | 2026-10-27 |
| Naval Air Station Fallon | Confirmed absent | — | 2026-10-27 |
| Creech Air Force Base | Represented | Creech | 2026-11-01 |
| Homey Airport (Groom Lake, Area 51) | Represented | Groom Lake | 2026-11-01 |
| Tonopah Test Range Airport | Represented; 1 known difference | Tonopah Test Range | 2026-11-01 |
| Harry Reid International Airport | Represented; 1 known difference | McCarran International | 2026-11-01 |
Each airfield's page cites the sources for its entry. Airfields not listed have not been checked against this map.
Other differences from reality
Coverage
The map shows the Nevada Test and Training Range as it is today: the largest contiguous air and ground space for peacetime military operations in the free world, about the size of Germany, with simulated air defence systems, mock airbases and target ranges. [1] It models Nellis, Creech, Groom Lake (Area 51) and Las Vegas’s international airport in detail, along with every VOR and VORTAC in the area. [1] Its airfield list has 17 fields, from Nellis and the Tonopah Test Range to small strips such as Beatty, Jean and Mina. [2] It suits training and present-day scenarios rather than a historical war.
Sources
- DCS: Nevada Test and Training Range Map. Eagle Dynamics (product page). https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/terrains/nttr_terrain/ (accessed 2026-10-27).
- pydcs terrain data: Nevada airports (airports.py). pydcs, an open-source Python library for building DCS World missions, whose terrain data mirrors the game's. https://github.com/pydcs/dcs/blob/5ddcc63a2dcd661e16b14f7aa43219b93044855d/dcs/terrain/nevada/airports.py (accessed 2026-10-27). 17 airfields: Creech, Groom Lake, McCarran International, Nellis, Beatty, Boulder City, Echo Bay, Henderson Executive, Jean, Laughlin, Lincoln County, Mesquite, Mina, North Las Vegas, Pahute Mesa, Tonopah and Tonopah Test Range.
- Harry Reid International Airport. Wikipedia (secondary source). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid_International_Airport (accessed 2026-10-27).
Wikipedia articles are secondary sources and can change; they are cited with the date they were read. Vendor pages describe the current release of each map.