# San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (KNUC)

**San Clemente Island Naval Auxiliary Landing Field** (ICAO: KNUC) is a small airport in San Clemente Island, California, United States. It has one runway, 9,301 ft (2,835 m) long, concrete. It is operated by United States Navy.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KNUC
- FAA: NUC
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: San Clemente Island, California, United States
- Elevation: 184 ft / 56 m
- Coordinates: 33.0227, -118.5880
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 2
- Longest runway: 9,301 ft / 2,835 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Auxiliary_Landing_Field_San_Clemente_Island (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017086
- Weather station: KNUC
- Ident: KNUC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 9,301 ft / 2,835 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 067° / 247° | yes |

- Also 2 helipads.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05126AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,301 ft / 2,835 m | =1,570 of 29,858 | #334 in North America | #247 in US |
| Elevation | 184 ft / 56 m | #34,400 of 43,403 | #15,694 in North America | #13,203 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | BEAVER CON | 120.850 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 26.860 |
| GND | GND | 119.550 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.750 |

## Nearby airports

- [AVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavx.md) Catalina Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
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- [TOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktoa.md) Zamperini Field · 56 mi / 90 km
- [LGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb.md) Long Beach International Airport · 60 mi / 97 km
- [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 61 mi / 99 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/knuc/data