Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | US Navy | ||||||||||
| Location | San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 506 ft / 154.2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°14′23″N 119°27′29″W / 33.23972°N 119.45806°W | ||||||||||
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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.
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 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.
- ^ "San Nicolas Island (SNI)". Naval Base Ventura County. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ^ AirNav: KNSI - Naval Outlying Field San Nicolas Island
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for NSI PDF
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: NSI/FKYS - Yaoundé, Cameroon (Nsimalen International Airport)