# Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field (KNXP)

**Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field** (ICAO: KNXP) is a medium airport in Twentynine Palms, California, United States. It opened in Oct 1976. It has one runway, 8,015 ft (2,443 m) long, mats. It is operated by United States Marine Corps.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KNXP
- FAA: NXP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Marine Corps
- Serves: Twentynine Palms, California, United States
- Opened: Oct 1976
- Elevation: 2,051 ft / 625 m
- Coordinates: 34.2962, -116.1620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,015 ft / 2,443 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentynine_Palms_Strategic_Expeditionary_Landing_Field (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7857843
- Weather station: KNXP · WMO 69015
- Ident: KNXP

## Timeline

- Oct 1976: Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 8,015 ft / 2,443 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Mats |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,015 ft / 2,443 m | =2,679 of 29,858 | #539 in North America | #398 in US |
| Elevation | 2,051 ft / 625 m | #8,649 of 43,403 | #3,972 in North America | #3,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1976 | =7,360 of 15,079 | =5,411 in North America | =5,315 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 38.635 |
| GND | GND | 41.700 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 30.830 |
| TWR | TWR | 135.525 |

## Nearby airports

- [PSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsp.md) Palm Springs International Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [TRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktrm.md) Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport · 46 mi / 74 km
- [DAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdag.md) Barstow Daggett Airport · 52 mi / 84 km
- [SBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksbd.md) San Bernardino International Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [RIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriv.md) March Air Reserve Base · 69 mi / 111 km
- [BYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbys.md) Bicycle Lake Army Air Field · 73 mi / 117 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/knxp/data