Plane Spotting Around Las Vegas
Aircraft Around Las Vegas
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Information about plane spotting wouldn't normally fit on a website about birding and hiking around Las Vegas, but with Nellis
Air Force Base, Creech Air Force Base, the Nevada Test Site, the Tonopah Test Range,
Area 51, and thousands of tourists flying into McCarran, North Las
Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City airports everyday, there are so many things flying around the skies that they become a part of outdoor
life around Las Vegas. If you don't know them, they become an intrusion into your solitude; but if you do, they add interest to the
sky -- and there is aways the chance of seeing something wild.
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| Plane Spotting Locations Around Las Vegas |
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Military
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| Nellis Air Force Base. Pilots learn to fly fighters, helicopters, bombers, tankers,
transports, and stealth aircraft. Nellis is the best place to see military aircraft around Las Vegas, but the MPs don't like company. |
| Creech Air Force Base (formerly Indian Springs AFB). Pilots learn to fly drone
aircraft here. Most of the drones flown overseas are piloted from here. |
| Three Lakes Playa. Bombing range visible from highway; watch fighters
and artillery attack targets on the dry lake. |
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Civilian
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| McCarran Airport. Typical international airport. Watch jets, big and small, and even
a few prop airplanes, land and take off from a plane-spotting area. |
| North Las Vegas Airport. Typical small airport
with small jets, prop planes, and helicopters. Lots of air activity from flight schools, tourist flights, and police helicopters. |
| Boulder City Airport. Typical small city airport with small jets, prop planes, and
skydivers. |
| Henderson Executive Airport. Typical small city airport with small jets and prop
planes. They say the rich and famous use this airport to avoid the crowds. |
| Lake Mead Overlook. This scenic overlook echos with a constant drone of
helicopter and fixed-wing tourist flights. |
| El Dorado Dry Lake. Usually barren, ultralight and other nonstandard aircraft use the dry
lakebed. |
| Jean Airport. Small town airport just south of Las Vegas. Mostly prop planes, also gliders and skydiving. |
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Thanks for coming to visit!
© Jim Boone; Last updated 080718
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