Airports / Washington / NUW
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field)
KNUW / NUWOak Harbor, WashingtonELEV 47 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Anacortes Airport (OTS) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field), listed as KNUW / NUW, is a mid-sized airport in Oak Harbor, Washington. The field lies at an elevation of 47 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
NUW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Anacortes Airport (OTS, 9 nm), Center Island Airport (CWS, 11 nm), and Decatur Shores Airport (DTR, 11 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NUW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NUW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KNUW
IATA
NUW
FAA / Local
NUW
Elevation
47 ft
Coordinates
48.3518° N · 122.6560° W
Airspace
C · CharlieClass C — CharlieRadar-controlled airspace around mid-size hubs. Aircraft must be in two-way radio contact and squawking a transponder while approach control sequences arrivals.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs WA fields
state range 10–2,556 ft
At 47 ft, NUW sits lower than 80% of the 51 Washington fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 9nmOTSAnacortes AirportAnacortes
- 11nmCWSCenter Island AirportCenter Island
- 11nmDTRDecatur Shores AirportDecatur
- 14nmLPSLopez Island AirportLopez
- 15nmBYWBlakely Island AirportBlakely Island
- 18nmFRDFriday Harbor AirportFriday Harbor
Location
Open the full mapKNUW · Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) · Oak Harbor, WA
From the ramp
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