NUQ

Moffett Federal Airfield

ICAO KNUQ37.4161°N 122.0490°W37 ft / 11 mMedium airport
On the map

Moffett Federal Airfield (IATA: NUQ, ICAO: KNUQ) is a medium airport in Mountain View, California, United States. It opened in 1933. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,197 ft (2,803 m). It is operated by Planetary Ventures. In 2025 it handled 295 passengers.

Timeline

6 events · 1933–2014
1933
OpenedMoffett Federal Airfield opens.
12 APR 1933
RenamedRenamed NAS Sunnyvale.
01 SEP 1933
RenamedRenamed Moffett Field.
1994
RenamedRenamed Moffett Federal Airfield.
01 JUL 1994
MilestoneAmes Research Center becomes the operator.
10 NOV 2014
MilestonePlanetary Ventures becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
14L/32R157° / 337° · LIT
LENGTH9,197 ft2,803 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete
14R/32L157° / 337° · LIT
LENGTH8,121 ft2,475 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2021–2025
474
506
415
215
295
2122232425

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers295 (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,506of 3,974 · #932 North America · #686 USLongest runway9,197 ft2,803 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,606of 29,823 · #348 North America · #256 USElevation37 ft11 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,971of 43,341 · =18,105 North America · #14,915 USAgeOpened 19332026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=521of 15,079 · =119 North America · =104 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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

10 channels
APPNORCAL APP120.100
APPNORCAL APP31.760
ATISATIS/ASOS124.175
CLDCLNC DEL38.080
CTAFCTAF119.550
DEPNORCAL DEP121.300
GNDGND121.850
MISCANG39.090
OPSBASE OPS25.170
TWRTWR119.550