The Air Force’s classified test range at Groom Lake, Nev. has never lacked for evocative nicknames — it and its restricted airspace have been called Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, The Box and, most famously, Area 51. Now there’s a less romantic moniker to throw on the pile: “Homey Airport,” according to a few civilian aviation journals. “Homey Airport” now appears as the official name for a certain air base near a certain dry lake bed in Nevada, according to reports in the Web site of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, as well as the Daily Aviator blog and others. New editions of flight planning software and civilian aviators’ GPS gear lists the name and the official designation “KXTA” — which online wags have speculated stands for “extraterrestrial airport.” (The “k” designation indicates only that the field is in the U.S., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.) Capt. Jessica Martin, a spokeswoman for Nellis Air Force Base, which sits 85 miles south of Homey Airport and is responsible for the airspace and any ground facilities, said that “we already know about the designation, but it doesn’t have any effect on operations at the base.” Martin said she didn’t know the origin of the name “Homey Airport.” Featured in movies, TV shows and video games, Area 51 is likely the most famous top-secret facility in the world and a favorite component of UFO and military conspiracy theories.

The Department of Defense didn’t even acknowledge the base existed until 1994, when former base employees sued the government and claimed they’d been poisoned by hazardous materials used at the base for research into stealth technology.

View: Full Article | Source: Air Force Times

homey airport? what a corny name. they should have consulted us here at UM for a proper cool name.

Homey Airport? I wasn't aware Groom Lake was in the hood


But seriously, is it going to be open to other than military use???

eww

I had to look close at the word. To see letters correctly. >.> Don't ask.

But whatever. Area 51 will try & keep people away with different names. It won't stop people from trying & see what's there.

i agree....
what a name by the way
i wonder who came up with that.

xoxo,
Paola<3

Area 51 aka "Paradise Ranch, The Ranch, Watertown Strip, Watertown, The Farm, The Box & now the Homey Airport'', (that last one kinda gives it a more public user friendly & ''homely'' feeling about it eh)...Have all lol! been round since the 50s(?)...come on. Sounds/smells like stale bread to me. Personally i get suspect when ya have government & military (Air Force) openly discussing this place to the public as they just have...Maybe try & divert attention away from other more 'highly secretive, important & or even strategic updated hi-tech 21st century facilities?...hmmm(?)

I just used Google Earth, typed in Area 51, and lo and behold, there it actually was. I was surprised that it wasn't blocked or something. They even have a softball field in there. Not too much to look at though...I was kind of dissappointed.

My dad delivered to them when he was in the service. and he himself believed that they had weird sh** going on... No proof to back it though... i guess thats what makes mysteries so much better.

Ha ha!! I was looking at those letters, too : )

Did anyone else think of this when they read the name "Homey Airport"?

Looks like you finally sold out, Homey...


Homey D Clown: