Saufley Field

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NOLF Saufley Field
IATA: NUN ICAO: KNUN FAA LID: NUN
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	U.S. Navy
Location	Escambia County, near Bellview, Florida
Elevation AMSL	85 ft / 26 m
Coordinates	30°28′11″N 087°20′17″W / 30.46972°N 87.33806°W / 30.46972; -87.33806
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Saufley Field (IATA: NUN, ICAO: KNUN, FAA LID: NUN) is a military airport and support facility located in unincorporated Escambia County, Florida, United States,^[2] five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Pensacola.^[1]

It is an active U.S. Navy facility and a former Naval Air Station, with its non-aviation activity now known as NETPDC Saufley Field. Although still listed as a Naval Landing Outlying Field (NOLF) in flight information publications (FLIP), its previous aeronautical role as NOLF Saufley Field in support of primary Student Naval Aviator training at Training Air Wing FIVE at nearby Naval Air Station Whiting Field has been suspended pending runway and airfield upgrades and it is currently listed in the FLIP as a "closed" facility for aircraft operations.^[3]

As Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) Saufley Field,^[4] the facility also function as a shore installation for various naval activities that are part of the greater Pensacola naval complex. Saufley Field is located 10 miles (16 km) north of NAS Pensacola.