Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island

Airport in Ventura County, California
33°14′23″N 119°27′29″W / 33.23972°N 119.45806°W / 33.23972; -119.45806Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 10,002 3,049 PEM

Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island or NOLF San Nicolas Island (ICAO: KNSI, FAA LID: NSI) is a military airport located on San Nicolas Island, in Ventura County, California, United States. The airport is administered by Naval Base Ventura County[1] and is one of several Naval Outlying Landing Fields operated by the US Navy.

External image
image icon San Nicolas from the airfield approach [dead link]

The airport's ICAO identifier is KNSI.[2] Although most U.S. airports and airbases use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, NOLF San Nicolas Island is assigned NSI by the FAA,[3] and the IATA has assigned NSI to Nsimalen International Airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[4]

US Navy took over the Landing Field in January 1933 from the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Civil Aeronautics Authority built the two airstrips in the 1930s as two emergency dirt landing strips.

References

  1. ^ "San Nicolas Island (SNI)". Naval Base Ventura County. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  2. ^ AirNav: KNSI - Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island
  3. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for NSI PDF
  4. ^ Great Circle Mapper: NSI/FKYS - Yaoundé, Cameroon (Nsimalen International Airport)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island.
  • GlobalSecurity.org: San Nicolas Island
  • History of Naval Auxiliary Air Station, San Nicolas Island
  • FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
  • Resources for this U.S. military airport:
    • FAA airport information for NSI
    • AirNav airport information for KNSI
    • ASN accident history for NSI
    • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNSI
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