# Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (KNFE)

**Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field** (ICAO: KNFE) is a small airport in Fentress, Virginia, United States. It opened in Aug 1943. It has one runway, 8,004 ft (2,440 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfe

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KNFE
- FAA: NFE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fentress, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Aug 1943
- Elevation: 16 ft / 5 m
- Coordinates: 36.6916, -76.1350
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,004 ft / 2,440 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Auxiliary_Landing_Field_Fentress (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3015527
- Weather station: KNFE
- Ident: KNFE

## Timeline

- Aug 1943: Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 8,004 ft / 2,440 m | 175 ft / 53 m | Asphalt | 040° / 219° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,004 ft / 2,440 m | =2,712 of 29,858 | =549 in North America | =405 in US |
| Elevation | 16 ft / 5 m | =41,727 of 43,403 | =18,822 in North America | =15,400 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | OCEANA NAS APP | 119.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [42VA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/42va.md) Virginia Beach Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [KCPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcpk.md) Chesapeake Regional Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
- [NTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kntu.md) Oceana Naval Air Station · 11 mi / 17 km
- [ORF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korf.md) Norfolk International Airport · 15 mi / 23 km
- [NC61](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc61.md) NC61 Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [KPVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvg.md) Hampton Roads Executive Airport · 18 mi / 30 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfe/data