Moffett Federal Airfield

Moffett Federal Airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code	KNUQ
IATA code	NUQ
Coordinates	37 ° 24 '54 " N , 122 ° 2' 54" W Coordinates: 37 ° 24 '54 " N , 122 ° 2' 54" W.
Height above MSL	9.8 m (32 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	4 km northeast of Mountain View , ; 5 km northwest of Sunnyvale
Street	US 101 , CA 237 , CA 85
Basic data
opening	1933
operator	Google LLC
Runways
14L / 32R	2803 m × 61 m ; concrete
14R / 32L	2476 m × 61 m ; asphalt

The Moffett Federal Airfield ( IATA : NUQ , ICAO : KNUQ , FAA LID: NUQ ), or Moffett Field for short , is a civil airfield between the Californian cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale , which is operated by Google LLC . Google has a place in November 2014 by the owner, the Ames Research Center of NASA , rented for 60 years.

history

The airfield emerged from a facility of the United States Navy , the Naval Air Station Sunnyvale . It was named shortly after his death after William A. Moffett , who died in the crash of the airship USS Akron (ZRS-4) in 1933.

The successor ship to the USS Akron, the USS Macon (ZRS-5) was also temporarily stationed at Moffett Field.

During the Second World War, among other things, naval airship units were stationed at the airfield, which patrolled along the coast from there and looked for enemy submarines. The Moffett Field was one of the main bases.

present

Flight operations for the General Aviation continues. The main users are the California Air National Guard , Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and Google itself with its company aircraft.

Google intends to partially demolished historic Hangar One, originally for airships had been built to repair again and wants the site for testing in the field of aerospace and robotics use.

National Historic Zone

Hangars One , Two, and Three are collectively designated as a National Historic Zone and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Hangar One is one of the largest self-supporting structures.