# Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field (NPA / KNPA)

**Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field** (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA) is a medium airport in Pensacola, Florida, United States. It opened in 1913. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NPA / KNPA
- FAA: NPA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Opened: 1913
- Elevation: 28 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 30.3527, -87.3186
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 20 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_pensacola.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321162
- Weather station: KNPA
- Ident: KNPA

## Timeline

- 1913: Naval Air Station Pensacola Forrest Sherman Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07L/25R | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 07R/25L | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 01/19 | 7,136 ft / 2,175 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00736AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 28 ft / 9 m | =40,696 of 43,403 | =18,385 in North America | =15,078 in US |
| Age | Opened 1913 | =63 of 15,079 | =9 in North America | =9 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.050 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 26.760 |
| CLD | SHERMAN CLNC DEL | 134.100 |
| DEP | DEP | 120.650 |
| GND | SHERMAN GND | 121.700 |
| OPS | SHERMAN BASE OPS | 31.210 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 35.960 |
| TWR | SHERMAN TWR | 120.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [PNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpns.md) Pensacola International Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [KNDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kndz.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station South Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [NSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knse.md) Whiting Field Naval Air Station - North · 31 mi / 50 km
- [KHRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khrt.md) Hurlburt Field · 38 mi / 61 km
- [BFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfm.md) Mobile Downtown Airport · 48 mi / 78 km
- [VPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvps.md) Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport · 49 mi / 78 km

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #39

## 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/knpa/data