# Fallon Naval Air Station (NFL / KNFL)

**Fallon Naval Air Station** (IATA: NFL, ICAO: KNFL) is a medium airport in Fallon, Nevada, United States. It opened in Dec 1942. It has 3 runways; the longest is 14,001 ft (4,268 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NFL / KNFL
- FAA: NFL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fallon, Nevada, United States
- Opened: Dec 1942
- Elevation: 3,935 ft / 1,199 m
- Coordinates: 39.4166, -118.7010
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 14,001 ft / 4,268 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/fallon/index.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Fallon (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017348
- Weather station: KNFL
- Ident: KNFL

## Timeline

- Dec 1942: Fallon Naval Air Station opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13R/31L | 14,001 ft / 4,268 m | 201 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | yes |
| 13L/31R | 11,076 ft / 3,376 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 145° / 325° | yes |
| 07/25 | 7,003 ft / 2,135 m | 152 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 088° / 268° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00143AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 14,001 ft / 4,268 m | #47 of 29,858 | #14 in North America | #11 in US |
| Elevation | 3,935 ft / 1,199 m | #3,646 of 43,403 | #1,949 in North America | #1,537 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NAVY FALLON APP/DEP | 120.850 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 37.092 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 35.355 |
| GND | GND | 25.115 |
| MISC | DESERT CON | 126.200 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 23.800 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 32.740 |
| TWR | NAVY FALLON TWR | 119.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [LOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klol.md) Derby Field · 45 mi / 73 km
- [RNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krno.md) Reno Tahoe International Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [CSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcxp.md) Carson Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [TKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktrk.md) Truckee Tahoe Airport · 77 mi / 124 km
- [TVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktvl.md) Lake Tahoe Airport · 78 mi / 126 km

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #47

## 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/knfl/data