Hurlburt Field

Hurlburt Field
Mary Esther, Florida in United States
An AC-130U Spooky over Hurlburt Field.
An AC-130U Spooky over Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is located in Florida
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is located in the United States
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is located in North America
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is located in North Atlantic
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is located in Gulf of Mexico
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field
Coordinates30°25′40″N 086°41′22″W / 30.42778°N 86.68944°W / 30.42778; -86.68944 (Hurlburt Field)
TypeUS Air Force base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force
Controlled byAir Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
ConditionOperational
Websitewww.hurlburt.af.mil
Site history
Built1942 (1942)
In use1942 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander		Colonel Allison “Angel of Death” Black
Garrison1st Special Operations Wing
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: HRT, ICAO: KHRT, FAA LID: HRT, WMO: 747770
Elevation11.5 metres (38 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
18/36 2,926 metres (9,600 ft) concrete
Helipads
Number Length and surface
H18/H36 490.1 metres (1,608 ft) concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Main gate (about 1967)
A CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron flies over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla., on January 31, 2009. While over the water, the crew practiced using a hoist, which is used to rescue stranded personnel.
First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt
U.S. Air Force MSgt Tanya Breed demonstrates a Barrett .50 caliber rifle during a special operations training course at Hurlburt Field.

Hurlburt Field (ICAO: KHRT, FAA LID: HRT) is a United States Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation and is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the 1st Special Operations Wing (1 SOW), the USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS) and the Air Combat Command's (ACC) 505th Command and Control Wing. It was named for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt, who died in a crash at Eglin. The installation is nearly 6,700 acres (27 km2) and employs nearly 8,000 military personnel.

This facility is assigned a three-letter location identifier of HRT by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code (the IATA assigned HRT to RAF Linton-on-Ouse in England).[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – Cannon AFB (KHRT)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for HRT – HURLBURT FIELD PDF, effective November 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Hurlburt Field (IATA: none, ICAO: KHRT, FAA: HRT)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "Linton-on-Ouse (IATA: HRT, ICAO: EGXU)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.