NUW

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)

ICAO KNUW48.3518°N 122.6560°W47 ft / 14 mMedium airport
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Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) (IATA: NUW, ICAO: KNUW) is a medium airport in Oak Harbor, Washington, United States. It opened on 21 Sep 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
21 SEP 1942
OpenedWhidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
14/32155° / 335° · LIT
LENGTH8,001 ft2,439 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete
07/25087° / 267° · LIT
LENGTH7,999 ft2,438 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway8,001 ft2,439 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,730of 29,823 · =564 North America · =419 USElevation47 ft14 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#39,406of 43,341 · #17,867 North America · #14,752 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 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

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.200
ATISATIS134.150
CLDCLNC DEL124.150
GNDGND121.750
OPSBASE OPS35.010
PMSVPMSV METRO34.340
TWRTWR127.900