There is only one cross taxiway mid-field (-B-) and so you have to taxi down the runway a fair way before being able to turn off. The military airport is very wide and very open, and the runways are very realistic in textures, well signed and taxiway markings are excellent. Most of the buildings and installations are on the north-west side of KLSV and the tower and DOE (Department of Energy), Bomber Pad areas are on the south-east boundaries. It is challenging, and it requires a lot of skill when you get down to your final approach height. I say almost because at the last moment you still have to dog right to finally collect the ILS. You follow the basin right up to Crystal before doing a total 180 turn back down the other side of the range and follow the lines of the Great Basin Hwy (15) almost directly to RWY 21L. So my approach was the slightly easier way of cutting between the ranges and heading directly towards Lake Mead and then doing a 21 heading that puts you on a parallel course to the airbase but on the other side of the range. Maybe this approach is easier in a GA at a very slow speed, but in a Jet or Military Heavy then you would have your work cut out. You can try the very tight turns into Nellis coming from each approach path at 90 but that means you will have to be really low to collect the ILS and it is really very tight. The problem with the north-east approach is that it is closed in on both sides by high ground and ranges, and you have to fly up a valley basin over the Las Vegas Dunes Rec lands to finally collect the ILS on RWY 21L. If you want an ILS approach then that is only on RWY 21L and that approach is from the north-east. This is Top Gun territory and Nellis AFB is dead centre of all the training and Red Flag advanced aerial combat training exercises. The area around Las Vegas is mostly desert, and is one of the most significant areas in the world for not only in aviation but also for the famous military testing grounds of places like Edwards AFB, China Lake, MCAS Miramar, Tonopah Test Range Airfield and the not supposed to know but everyone does know Area 51 in Groom Lake.
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