Janet
The Area 51 commuter — no name, no livery, no published schedule
Tail numbers N273RH · N288DP · N319BD · N365SR · N859WP · N869HH · N20RA · N623RA
Janet 737 (N273RH) N273RH
One of the unmarked white-and-red-stripe 737s that fly from a private terminal at Las Vegas to Area 51 and other sites that officially need no airline. 'Janet' isn't a company — the fleet is operated by a defense contractor for the U.S. government, and its schedules exist nowhere public.
Nobody has ever confirmed what JANET stands for. The joke among spotters: 'Just Another Non-Existent Terminal.'
Janet 737 (N288DP) N288DP
One of six unmarked 737-600s in the Janet fleet — white with a red cheatline and no airline name anywhere on the jet. They leave from a private terminal on the west side of Las Vegas McCarran and fly to Groom Lake (Area 51), the Tonopah Test Range and other sites the schedule never names. Operated by a defense contractor for the U.S. government.
The 737-600 is a rare bird in the U.S. — only a handful ever flew for American operators, and the Janets are most of them. Spot the short fuselage and you've probably found one.
Janet 737 (N319BD) N319BD
A Janet 737-600: white, red stripe, no name. The fleet is built from ex-Air China 737-600s bought in 2008 to replace the aging 737-200s — the same jets that flew the run for decades. Everything about them is deliberately forgettable except the destination.
Janet callsigns sound ordinary — WWW followed by a number — which is exactly the point.
Janet 737 (N365SR) N365SR
Part of the Janet 737 fleet flying workers from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test and Training Range. The jets park at their own gated terminal with its own parking lot and security; you can watch the departures from the perimeter road, and spotters do.
A Janet job listing once leaked: the flight attendant role required a top-secret clearance. For serving coffee.
Janet 737 (N859WP) N859WP
One of the six Janet 737-600s. The fleet flies a rigid commuter rhythm — out early morning, back late afternoon, weekdays only — because the destinations are workplaces, not airports anyone visits. On the ADS-B feed it's just a 737-600 going nowhere in particular.
The Janet terminal at Las Vegas is a real, gated facility with a real parking lot for the workforce — you just can't buy a ticket.
Janet 737 (N869HH) N869HH
A Janet 737-600, photographed most often on climb-out from Las Vegas with the Strip behind it. The fleet's job is unglamorous — a bus to the base — but the base is Area 51, which is why every plane spotter in Nevada knows the red stripe on sight.
Janet flights show up on ADS-B like anyone else. What they never show up on is a departure board.
Janet Beech 1900 (N20RA) N20RA
The Janet fleet isn't all 737s. A handful of Beechcraft 1900 turboprops, white with blue stripes, work the shorter and smaller runs from the same private Las Vegas terminal — the kind of flight that carries a dozen people to a place with no public name.
The Beech 1900s wear blue where the 737s wear red — same anonymous operator, different colour, so you can tell the fleets apart on the ramp.
Janet Beech 1900 (N623RA) N623RA
A Janet Beechcraft 1900C — the turboprop half of the Area 51 commuter operation. Same contractor, same gated terminal, same unlisted destinations; just fewer seats and a lower altitude. Catching one takes patience: they fly early, short and unannounced.
The 1900 is a 19-seat commuter built for regional airlines. Janet's are among the last flying that job anywhere in the U.S.
Quick answers
What are the tail numbers of Janet?
N273RH (Boeing 737-600), N288DP (Boeing 737-600), N319BD (Boeing 737-600), N365SR (Boeing 737-600), N859WP (Boeing 737-600), N869HH (Boeing 737-600), N20RA (Beechcraft 1900C), N623RA (Beechcraft 1900C).
What kind of aircraft is Janet?
Boeing 737-600, Beechcraft 1900C.
Are they still flying?
8 of 8 are active.
The type
More government
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