Current Use
Today the airfield serves the town of Tonopah and Nye County as a municipal airport. Due to its proximity to the Tonopah Test Range, it occasionally has Air Force or Department of Energy traffic. Two of the runways are still in use and maintained by Nye County.
Today, all that remains of what was one of the Army Air Force's largest World War II training bases are three hangars in various stages of disrepair, as are the foundations of many former buildings and a few streets.
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