Michael Army Airfield
USGS aerial image, 18 July 1998
IATA: DPG – ICAO: KDPG – FAA LID: DPG
Summary
Airport type		Military: Army Airfield
Operator		United States Army
Serves		Dugway Proving Ground
Location		Dugway, Utah
Built		1951
Elevation AMSL		4,349 ft / 1,326 m
Coordinates		40°11′58″N 112°56′15″W / 40.19944°N 112.9375°W / 40.19944; -112.9375
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	11,000	3,353	Asphalt
Sources: Federal Aviation Administration

Michael Army Airfield (IATA: DPG, ICAO: KDPG, FAA LID: DPG) is a military airport located at the Dugway Proving Ground and owned by the United States Army. It is nine miles (14 km) west of the central business district of Dugway, Tooele County, Utah, United States.

Overview

Michael Army Airfield (MAAF) is located in a secluded, distant location and the secretive nature of its missions are generally undisclosed by the Army. Built by the Army during World War II, as Dugway Army Airfield, the facility is located in the Dugway Proving Ground which is one of the Army's main facilities for developing defenses against biological and chemical attacks. Workers at Dugway test defense gear to make sure they can survive nuclear, biological and chemical attacks.

MAAF is located just south of Hill Air Force Base's massive Utah Test and Training Range, where F-16 Falcon fighters from Hill train in air-to-air combat and the Air Force tests cruise missiles, and is used occasionally by the Air Force as an emergency landing field.

It has been called the "new Area 51" by some, with the Dugway Proving Ground serving as a buffer zone, as the Nevada Test Site served for Groom Lake.

Projects

In the 1990s, MAAF was associated with the NASA X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) program, for the International Space Station. That program, however, was canceled in 2002 due to budget cuts.

One frequently rumored test project is the Lockheed Martin X-33. It is undetermined if MAAF will be used in association with the Boeing X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator, the military derivative of the X-38, a classified project which was transferred from NASA to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on 13 September 2004.

In 2009, it was announced that Michael AAF will be used for the development and testing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), which are sent overseas to provide soldiers with an aerial view - via video feed - of combat situations.

Facilities

Michael AAF previously had a 13,125 foot runway which was in poor condition. An FAA airport diagram effective January 2008 shows a 7,000 by 150 foot runway (12/30) open parallel to the prior runway, but the diagram effective February 2009 shows a new 11,000 by 150 foot runway is open in place of the original runway.

Location & QuickFacts

Owner & Manager

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Communications

Runway Information

Runway 12/30

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• RSTD: 24 HR PPR FOR LDG AND FUEL; CTC BASE OPS DSN 789-5322, C 435-831-5322.ALL USAF, ANG, AND AFRES AMC ACFT CONSULT ASRR FOR THIS LCTN.
• RWY 12R-30L CLSD.
• CAUTION: POTENTIAL FOR WILD ANIMALS TO CROSS RWY AND FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE HAZ DURING HIGH WIND CONDITIONS. BIRD ACT MNT O/R.
• A-GEAR: RY 12 HOOK E5 9035.
• C130 AND LARGER ACFT PROHIBITED FROM MAKING 180 DEG TURNS ON ASPHALT, USE CONCRETE TURNAROUNDS ON OVRN.
• SERVICE LGT: ACTIVATE-HIRL RWY 12-30, TWY LGT AND SALS RWY 12-126.2.
• JASU: 2 (A/M32A-86) 2(A/M32A-60).
• FUEL: J8. IDENTAPLATE RQR.
• OIL: O-156.
• TRAN ALERT: OPR 1400-0030Z++ MON-THU EXC HOL.
• SEE FLIP AP/1 SUPPLEMENTARY ARPT RMK.

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General Info
Country	United States
State	UTAH
FAA ID	DPG
Latitude	40-11-57.787N
Longitude	112-56-14.897W
Elevation	4349 feet
Near City	DUGWAY PROVING GROUND

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