Santa Rosa Nolf Airport (KNGS), Florida
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Santa Rosa NOLF (KNGS) is a military-only airfield near Milton, Florida, with four paved runways configured for helicopter operations rather than fixed-wing traffic. Civil dispatchers should note this field is restricted and not available for general aviation planning.
Runways
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport has four paved runways. The longest, 05/23, is 4,500 ft long and 150 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Pensacola International (KPNS), 15 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport recorded 0 business aviation movements in 2025. Recorded traffic at KNGS is concentrated in a single month rather than spread across the year.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month March, 0 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport averages 21.7 days above 90°F in August and 10.8 freeze days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 91.0°F, and January the coldest, at 63.2°F.
Weather station is 6.3 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and other notes.
Limited to TRAWING 5 aircraft only; all other aircraft require prior permission (PPR). Closed-field operations are prohibited except for LAS. Aircraft on approach to the closed field must remain above 500 feet AGL due to approved model aircraft operations below 500 feet AGL.
For clearance delivery, contact Pensacola Approach.
Landing surfaces are used for military helicopter operations only, although they are configured as runways.
Restricted: military use only.
Controlling agency is NAS Whiting Field.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Santa Rosa Nolf Airport has five airfields within 11 NM. The closest is Peter Prince Field, 3.26 NM northwest.
Part of the Panama City and Destin area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at KNGS
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at KNGS.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Is KNGS open to civilian aircraft?
No. Santa Rosa NOLF (KNGS) is restricted to military use only, and its landing surfaces, though configured as runways, are used exclusively for military helicopter operations. Civilian dispatchers should plan to use an alternate field for any non-military mission.
Where is the nearest customs facility to KNGS?
The nearest customs airport to Santa Rosa NOLF (KNGS) is KPNS, located approximately 15.18 nautical miles away. KNGS itself has no onsite customs processing, consistent with its restricted military-only status.
What are the runway dimensions at Santa Rosa NOLF?
Santa Rosa NOLF (KNGS) has four paved asphalt runways, each 4,500 feet long and 150 feet wide, oriented 05/23, 09/27, 14/32, and 18/36. Despite this runway configuration, all landing surfaces are restricted to military helicopter operations only.