Contact us

Follow us on Twitter @nwsopg or by email: nws.opg@noaa.gov

OPG Location

The Operations Proving Ground is co-located with the Aviation Weather Center, the NWS Training Center, and Central Region Headquarters. We are also just five minutes away from the Kansas City International Airport. Our official mailing address is: 7220 N.W. 101st Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64153

Useful Tips

While visiting the OPG you will find the following tips helpful:

  • Always wear your NOAA ID Badge (or visitors badge) when in our facility.
  • Please check in with the security guard at the front desk and wait for an OPG staff member to escort you through the building.
  • If you are driving, please pickup a parking pass from the security guard. You can park in the yellow spaces which occupy the back two rows of the parking lot.

Hotel Information

The Homewood Suites is the contract hotel for the Operations Proving Ground. The hotel offers many amenities including shuttle service to and from the airport as well as to the Operations Proving Ground, rooms with full kitchens, free breakfast, free evening reception, wireless internet, cable television, and a workout facility. The hotel contact information is listed below. 

Homewood Suites by Hilton Kansas City-Airport

7312 N.W. Polo Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153, Phone: (816) 880-9880