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Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island

Coordinates: 33°14′23″N 119°27′29″W / 33.23972°N 119.45806°W / 33.23972; -119.45806
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Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorUS Navy
LocationSan Nicolas Island, Ventura County, California
Elevation AMSL506 ft / 154.2 m
Coordinates33°14′23″N 119°27′29″W / 33.23972°N 119.45806°W / 33.23972; -119.45806
Map
Runways
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

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  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)
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