UAS and balloon NOTAM at Tonopah civilian airport

Data Current as of: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:27:00 UTC
TPH   TONOPAH

!TPH 08/013 TPH AIRSPACE UNMANNED FREE BALLOON TPH288004 SFC-FL680 SWB 1608181300-1608182359

!TPH 08/012 TPH AIRSPACE UAS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 2NM RADIUS OF FFU177017 (17NM NW U14) SFC-400FT AGL 1608161300-1608180100

!TPH 08/011 TPH AIRSPACE UNMANNED FREE BALLOON TPH288004 SFC-FL680 SWB 1608161300-1608162359

To be clear here, this is not at the Tonopah Test Range. Rather it is at the Tonopah civilian airport, a bit north of the TTR. However contractors use this airport because it doesn't need any military clearances.

UAS is basically UAV. (S for system, V for vehicle)

I don't think there are any military "free" balloons, but who knows. But a Google "loon" is a possibility.

The UAS had a 400ft AGL limit, which is the civilian limit.

a reply to: gariac



This is a snapshot of the Google Loon track.

BTW, messing with fr24, I couldn't show the balloon was launched at KTPH.

They are all over the place!

originally posted by: nepatitan
They are all over the place!

Where is this?