Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a military airport and support facility located in unincorporated Escambia County, Florida, United States, five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Pensacola. 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. As Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) Saufley Field, 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 north of NAS Pensacola. History The U.S. Navy leased what was then known as "Felton's Farm Field" for use as an outlying field of NAS Pensacola from 1933 and it purchased the site on 16 August 1939. The base opened for operations on 26 August