NEL

Lakehurst Maxfield Field Airport

ICAO KNEL40.0333°N 74.3533°W101 ft / 31 mMedium airport
On the map

Lakehurst Maxfield Field Airport (IATA: NEL, ICAO: KNEL) is a medium airport in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. It opened in Feb 1938. It has 3 runways; the longest is 5,002 ft (1,525 m).

Timeline

2 events · 1937–1938
06 MAY 1937
DisasterHindenburg disaster.35 killed
FEB 1938
OpenedLakehurst Maxfield Field Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06/24051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH5,002 ft1,525 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33141° / 321°
LENGTH5,001 ft1,524 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
063/243050° / 231°
LENGTH3,500 ft1,067 mWIDTH90 ft27 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway5,002 ft1,525 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,434of 29,823 · =2,276 North America · =1,867 USElevation101 ft31 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#36,771of 43,341 · #16,685 North America · #13,955 USAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =228 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
A/DMC GUIRE APP/DEP124.150
GNDGND118.375
RDOMILLVILLE RDO113.800
TWRTWR127.775