Summerdale Nolf Airport (KNFD), Alabama
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Summerdale NOLF (KNFD) is a private-use military training field in Summerdale, Alabama, controlled by NAS Whiting Field. Traffic here is dominated by naval flight training rather than civil or business aviation.
Runways
Summerdale Nolf Airport has two paved runways. The longest, 11/29, is 4,000 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
Summerdale Nolf Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is H L Sonny Callahan (KCQF), 12 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Summerdale Nolf Airport recorded 0 business aviation movements in 2025. FAA TFMSC data shows the limited recorded traffic at Summerdale NOLF concentrated in September and December, though the field's overall annual operations count is minimal.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month September, 0 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Summerdale Nolf Airport averages 20.1 days above 90°F in July, 9.8 freeze days in January and 0.1 snow days in February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 89.8°F, and January the coldest, at 61.0°F.
Weather station is 4.5 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Summerdale Nolf Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: access and other notes.
Single aircraft operations only; low approaches only.
Restricted: high volume of military training operations from the surface to 5,000 feet MSL within 2 miles; advise traffic on 126.2. Training Wing 5 and 6 aircraft only. Prior permission required for all other aircraft. Closed-field operations prohibited except for low approaches.
For clearance delivery, contact Pensacola Approach.
Controlling agency is NAS Whiting Field.
Operates 1400-2345Z Monday through Thursday; closed Saturday, Sunday, and holidays.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Summerdale Nolf Airport has five airfields within 20 NM. The closest is Holk Field at Foley Municipal, 5.56 NM southwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at KNFD
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 KNFD.
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 KNFD open on weekends?
Summerdale NOLF (KNFD) operates Monday through Friday from 1400 to 2345Z, with the field closed Saturday, Sunday, and holidays. Dispatchers should plan around this restricted weekday-only schedule since no weekend access is available.
Can transient civil aircraft land at KNFD?
Summerdale NOLF is restricted primarily to military training operations, with priority given to Training Wing 5 and 6 aircraft. All other aircraft require prior permission (PPR), and low approaches only are permitted when the field is closed.
What runways are available at Summerdale NOLF?
KNFD has two paved asphalt runways, 11/29 and 05/23, each approximately 4,000 feet long and 150 feet wide. Both are suitable for single-aircraft operations under the field's low-approach and training restrictions.