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== Transportation ==
{{See also|Black Rock Desert#Transportation}}

=== Road access ===
[[Nevada State Route 34|Highway 34]] provides access to the main entrance to Black Rock City. The highway connects to [[Nevada State Route 447|Highway 447]] north of [[Gerlach, Nevada|Gerlach]], which then runs south to [[Nevada State Route 447|Highway 427]] in [[Wadsworth, Nevada|Wadsworth]] near [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|Interstate 80]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2008 |title=Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps |publisher=Roadway Systems Division |url=http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/state_maintained/pdf/sm_book.pdf |access-date=May 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109231856/https://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/state_maintained/pdf/sm_book.pdf |archive-date=November 9, 2009}}</ref>

Vehicles then proceed from the Highway 34 entrance north to the main gate via Gate Road, a desert dirt road with a speed limit of 10&nbsp;mph. All vehicles driving into the city must have the appropriate vehicle pass. All occupants are required to have valid tickets in order to get in. Vehicles are searched for any items that are prohibited in the city. For those who have their tickets held at Will Call, the booths are located between the Highway 34 entrance and the main gate.<ref name="Gate" />

All tickets and vehicle passes must be bought in advance. They are not directly sold outside the gate or at the Will Call booths.<ref name="Gate">{{cite web |url=http://burningman.org/event/preparation/getting-there-and-back/gate/ |title=Getting In: The Gate |publisher=Burning Man |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904235950/http://burningman.org/event/preparation/getting-there-and-back/gate/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ticketsupport.burningman.org/customer/en/portal/articles/1391724-will-tickets-be-sold-at-the-gate-to-black-rock-city- |title=Will tickets be sold at the gate to Black Rock City? |publisher=Burning Man |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911121850/http://ticketsupport.burningman.org/customer/en/portal/articles/1391724-will-tickets-be-sold-at-the-gate-to-black-rock-city- |url-status=live}}</ref> Unless they have a valid early arrival pass for the pre-event set up, any vehicle who arrives before the gate opens is turned away and told to go back to Reno, and not to wait along the side of the road on either Highways 34 or 447, which would be a safety hazard, nor stay in Gerlach, and overcrowd the small town.<ref name="Gate" />

When the Burning Man ends, and the mass exodus from Black Rock City begins, a [[road traffic control]] procedure called "Pulsing" is used to direct vehicles out of the city. At regular intervals, usually an hour during the peak periods, all vehicles are "pulsed" forward all at once for about a mile along Gate Road. This allows vehicles to stop and turn off their engines, while those at the southernmost mile of the multi-lane Gate Road slowly merge and then turn onto the [[Single carriageway|two-lane]] Highway 34.<ref name="Exodus">{{cite web |url=http://burningman.org/event/preparation/getting-there-and-back/exodus/ |title=Getting Out: Exodus |publisher=Burning Man |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904235954/http://burningman.org/event/preparation/getting-there-and-back/exodus/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Commercial airports ===
The airport with regular commercial service closest to the event is the [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] in [[Reno]], Nevada, over two hours' drive away. In 2018 an estimated 18,000 burners arrived and departed through Reno's airport for the event, giving the airport an $11&nbsp;million boost. Inside the airport that year, a Burning Man-specific information table was created and placed near the baggage claim area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eu.rgj.com/story/news/2018/08/27/reno-airport-expects-see-18-000-people-their-way-burning-man/1115512002/ |title=Burning Man: 18,000 people expected through Reno's airport on their way to the playa |last=Gross |first=Sam |date=August 27, 2018 |website=Reno Gazette Journal |access-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010012311/https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2018/08/27/reno-airport-expects-see-18-000-people-their-way-burning-man/1115512002/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[San Francisco International Airport]], nearly six hours away by car, is the nearest airport with a [[Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic|high volume of international service]]. Other prominent airports, albeit with less international passenger traffic and more domestic services, are [[Sacramento International Airport]], a 4.5-hour drive from Black Rock City, as well as other Bay Area airports such as [[Oakland International Airport]] and [[San Jose International Airport]].

[[Salt Lake City International Airport]], serving [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, and [[Harry Reid International Airport]], serving [[Las Vegas]], Nevada, are both an 8.5-hour drive to Black Rock City.

=== Temporary airport ===
A section of the Playa is used for a temporary airport, which is set up before each event and completely erased afterward.<ref name="Brandon Hartley">{{cite web |url=http://anotherworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/129/ |title=Burning Man Airport |publisher=AWB |author=Hartley, Brandon |date=August 6, 2011 |access-date=October 14, 2011 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051703/http://anotherworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/129/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It serves both general aviation and charter flights. Pilots began camping there about 1995. Once compelled to add structure, in 1999, it was established in a form acceptable to the BLM through the efforts of Tiger Tiger (Lissa Shoun) and LLC board member Mr. Klean (Will Roger). In 2009, it was recognized by the FAA as a private airport and designated 88NV. It is found on the Klamath Falls [[sectional chart|Sectional]], using a [[Common Traffic Advisory Frequency|CTAF]] of 122.9&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="On The Playa">{{cite web |url=http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/airport/airport.html |title=On The Playa |publisher=Burning Man |access-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509040545/http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/airport/airport.html |archive-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref>

Black Rock [[UNICOM]] and the airport are operational on that [[Radio frequency|frequency]] from 6:00&nbsp;am to 7:30&nbsp;pm PDT each day during the event. The [[runway]] is simply a compacted strip of playa, and is not lighted.<ref name="On The Playa" /> Because of the unique air traffic and safety issues associated with the airport, pilots are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with published information and procedures provided by, for example, [[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association|AOPA]]. Because of the changes in the surface of the playa each year, information about the airport is subject to change.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aopa.org/airports/88NV |title=Black Rock City Airport |publisher=AOPA |access-date=December 5, 2014 |archive-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209012104/http://www.aopa.org/airports/88NV |url-status=dead}}[]</ref>

=== Shuttles ===
There are prepaid shuttles originating in Reno and San Francisco that move participants to and from the event. During the event there was also a paid shuttle between the event and the nearby towns of Gerlach and Empire, but this has been discontinued. Exiting and reentering the event requires an additional fee, and is highly discouraged.

=== Other ===
Participants share rides<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rideshare.burningman.com/ |title=rideshare.burningman.com |publisher=Burning Man |access-date=June 22, 2012 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112130313/http://rideshare.burningman.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[hitchhike]], although walking or bicycling into the event is not allowed.