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color: black; font-size: 125%"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn org">Shuttle Landing Facility</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg/250px-Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg/375px-Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg/500px-Lunar_planetary_landscape_and_runway_at_KSC_built_to_test_Morpheus_lander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Aerial view of Shuttle Landing Facility in 2012</div></td></tr><tr style="font-weight:bold;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="width:22.5em"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <span class="nickname">QQS</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <span class="nickname">KTTS</span></span></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#FAA_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <span class="nickname">TTS</span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DDDDFF; color: black">Summary</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Airport type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Government/Private</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>NASA (1976–2015)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Florida" title="Space Florida">Space Florida</a> (2015–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Merritt_Island,_Florida" title="Merritt Island, Florida">Merritt Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation <a href="/wiki/Height_above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Height above sea level">AMSL</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10 ft / 3 m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&params=28.615_N_80.6945_W_region:US-FL_type:airport"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°36′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°41′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.615°N 80.6945°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.615; 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border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 0 0; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Naming" title="Runway">Direction</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width: 50%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; text-align: center;">Length </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width: 35%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 0 1px; text-align: center;">Surface </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #e6e6ff"> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">ft </th> <th style="width: 20%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 1px; text-align: center;">m </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">15/33 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">15,000 </td> <td style="text-align: center;">4,572 </td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">Concrete</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Shuttle Landing Facility</b> (<b>SLF</b>), also known as <b>Launch and Landing Facility</b> (<b>LLF</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>QQS</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>KTTS</b>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">FAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier" title="Location identifier">LID</a>: <b>TTS</b>), is an <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a> located on <a href="/wiki/Merritt_Island,_Florida" title="Merritt Island, Florida">Merritt Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brevard_County,_Florida" title="Brevard County, Florida">Brevard County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. It is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> and was used by <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> for landing until July 2011. It was also used for takeoffs and landings for NASA training jets such as the <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a> and for civilian aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-SLF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-landing101_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-landing101-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 2015, <a href="/wiki/Space_Florida" title="Space Florida">Space Florida</a> manages and operates the facility under a 30-year lease from NASA. In addition to ongoing use by NASA, private companies have been utilizing the SLF since the 2011 end of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLF_in_1999.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SLF_in_1999.png/220px-SLF_in_1999.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SLF_in_1999.png/330px-SLF_in_1999.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/SLF_in_1999.png 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="394" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Shuttle Landing Facility in 1999</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg/220px-ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg/330px-ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg/440px-ShuttleLandingFacilityMateDemate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>The Mate-Demate Device at the Shuttle Landing Facility</figcaption></figure> <p>The Shuttle Landing Facility covers 500 acres (2.0 km<sup>2</sup>) and has a single runway, 15/33. It is <a href="/wiki/List_of_longest_runways" title="List of longest runways">one of the longest runways in the world</a>, at 15,000 feet (4,600 m), and is 300 feet (91 m) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-SLF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Despite its length, astronaut <a href="/wiki/Jack_R._Lousma" title="Jack R. Lousma">Jack R. Lousma</a> stated that he would have preferred the runway to be "half as wide and twice as long"<sup id="cite_ref-lousma20100315_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lousma20100315-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Additionally, the SLF has 1,001 feet (305 m) of paved overruns at each end. The <a href="/wiki/Mate-Demate_Device" title="Mate-Demate Device">Mate-Demate Device</a> (MDD), for use when the Shuttle was transported by the <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a>, was located just off the southern end of the runway.<sup id="cite_ref-SLF_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The runway is designated runway 15, or 33, depending on the direction of use. The runway surface consists of an extremely high-<a href="/wiki/Friction" title="Friction">friction</a> <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">concrete</a> strip designed to maximize the braking ability of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> at its high landing speed, with a paving thickness of 16.0 inches (40.6 cm) at the center.<sup id="cite_ref-SLF_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It uses a grooved design to provide drainage and further increase the coefficient of friction.<sup id="cite_ref-SLF_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original groove design was found to actually provide too much friction for the rubber used in the Shuttle's tires, causing failures during several landings. This issue was resolved by grinding down the pavement, reducing the depth of the grooves significantly.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A local nickname for the runway is the "gator tanning facility", as some of the 4,000 <a href="/wiki/American_Alligator" class="mw-redirect" title="American Alligator">alligators</a> living at Kennedy Space Center regularly bask in the sunlight on the runway.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tv_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The landing facility is managed by contractor <a href="/wiki/EG%26G" title="EG&G">EG&G</a>, which provides air traffic control services, as well as managing potential hazards to landing aircraft, such as bird life. The Bird Team kept the facility clear of both local and migratory birds during Shuttle landings using <a href="/wiki/Pyrotechnic" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyrotechnic">pyrotechnics</a>, blank rounds fired from <a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">shotguns</a> and a series of 25 <a href="/wiki/Propane" title="Propane">propane</a> cannons arranged around the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_usage">History and usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History and usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_Shuttle">Space Shuttle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Space Shuttle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-122_landing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/STS-122_landing.jpg/220px-STS-122_landing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/STS-122_landing.jpg/330px-STS-122_landing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/STS-122_landing.jpg/440px-STS-122_landing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption>Space Shuttle <i>Atlantis</i> landing after <a href="/wiki/STS-122" title="STS-122">STS-122</a>, 2008</figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Columbia</a></i> was the first Shuttle to arrive at the SLF via the <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a> on March 24, 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC_History_Quiz_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC_History_Quiz-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The runway was first used to land a Space Shuttle on February 11, 1984, when <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger's</a> </i><a href="/wiki/STS-41-B" title="STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a> mission returned to Earth. This also marked the first landing of a spacecraft at its launch site. Prior to this, all Shuttle landings were performed at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> (with the exception of <a href="/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a>, which landed at <a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Space_Harbor" title="White Sands Space Harbor">White Sands Space Harbor</a>) while the landing facility continued testing and Shuttle crews developed landing skills at White Sands and Edwards, where the margin for error is much greater than SLF and its water hazards.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 22, 1993, <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">Discovery</a></i> was the first Space Shuttle to land at night at the SLF on <a href="/wiki/STS-51" title="STS-51">STS-51</a>. A total of 78 Space Shuttle missions landed at the SLF.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC_History_Quiz_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC_History_Quiz-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final landing of a Space Shuttle occurred on July 21, 2011, by <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a>. <i>Discovery</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour">Endeavour</a></i> took off from the SLF on top of the <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft#Ferry_flights" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a> for museums in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boeing_X-37B">Boeing X-37B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boeing X-37B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_(170507-O-FH989-001).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg/220px-X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg/330px-X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg/440px-X-37B_OTV4_landed_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_%28170507-O-FH989-001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption>X-37B stationary after <a href="/wiki/OTV-4" title="OTV-4">OTV-4</a>, 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2014 it was announced that Boeing would lease the <a href="/wiki/Orbiter_Processing_Facility" title="Orbiter Processing Facility">Orbiter Processing Facility</a> at Kennedy Space Center to enable the U.S. Air Force to efficiently land, recover, refurbish, and re-launch the <a href="/wiki/X-37B" class="mw-redirect" title="X-37B">X-37B</a> uncrewed spacecraft.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2014, NASA signed agreement for the use of the facility, and Boeing upgraded the OPF-1 for the X-37B program.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The X-37B (<a href="/wiki/OTV-4" title="OTV-4">OTV-4</a> mission) first used <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>'s Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15 on May 7, 2017 at 11:47 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-sfnow20170507_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfnow20170507-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently OTV-5 and 6 mission used Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 for landing.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Project_Morpheus_testing">Project Morpheus testing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Project Morpheus testing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/NASA%27s_Johnson_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA's Johnson Space Center">NASA's Johnson Space Center</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Project_Morpheus" title="Project Morpheus">Project Morpheus</a>'s first vehicle arrived at KSC. Prior to arrival at KSC and throughout the project, Morpheus vehicle tests were performed at other NASA centers; KSC was the site for advanced testing. Multiple tests, including free flight, were performed at the SLF in 2013–2014. Multiple vehicles and iterations of the vehicles were tested, due to upgrades and damages during this experimental test program. During the August 9, 2012, test at the SLF, a vehicle exploded; no one was injured. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_use">Commercial use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commercial use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SLF has also been used by commercial users. <a href="/wiki/Zero_Gravity_Corporation" title="Zero Gravity Corporation">Zero Gravity Corporation</a>, which offers flights where passengers experience <a href="/wiki/Vomit_Comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Vomit Comet">brief periods of microgravity</a>, has operated from the SLF,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as have record-setting attempts by the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SLF has been the site of high performance automobile testing and speed record attempts. In 2010, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> teams used the facility for vehicle testing.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Performance Power's Johnny Bohmer drove his Ford GT modified test car at the SLF,<sup id="cite_ref-KSCPartners_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSCPartners-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> setting the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a></i> mark for 'Fastest standing mile – car' with a record 283 mph (455 km/h), which still stands as of March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bohmer impressed the fact that the partnership agreement with NASA and the SLF to test the technology and designs and collect engineering data meant that "[B]y NASA allowing us access to a one-of-a-kind facility, we are given the opportunity to explore these technologies and share their benefits."<sup id="cite_ref-KSCPartners_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSCPartners-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, in an attempt at an unofficial <a href="/wiki/Production_car_speed_record#Cars_excluded_from_the_list" title="Production car speed record">production car speed record</a> at the SLF, a <a href="/wiki/Hennessey_Venom_GT#Speed_records" title="Hennessey Venom GT">Hennessey Venom GT</a> recorded a top speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h). In 2021, in a similar attempt at the SLF, the <a href="/wiki/SSC_Tuatara" title="SSC Tuatara">SSC Tuatara</a> recorded a one-way speed of 286.1 mph (460.4 km/h) and a two-way average of 282.9 mph (455.3 km/h). </p><p>In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G650ER" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulfstream G650ER">Gulfstream G650ER</a> of the multinational One More Orbit flight mission recorded the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth via the north and south poles of 46 h 40 min 22 s.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shuttle Landing Facility served as launch and landing site for the world speed record, certified by the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a> and the World Air Sports Federation <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale" title="Fédération Aéronautique Internationale">Fédération Aéronautique Internationale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuttle_Landing_Facility&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Skid_Strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip">Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_landing_sites" title="List of Space Shuttle landing sites">List of Space Shuttle landing sites</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Assembly Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Launch Complex 39</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A">39A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">39B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Launch_Control_Center" title="Launch Control Center">Launch Control Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Instrumentation_Facility" title="Central Instrumentation Facility">Central Instrumentation Facility</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shuttle Landing Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_and_Checkout_Building" title="Operations and Checkout Building">Operations and Checkout Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Railroad" title="NASA Railroad">NASA Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawler-transporter" title="Crawler-transporter">Crawler-transporter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Space_Flight_Center" title="Marshall Space Flight Center">Marshall Space Flight Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_Buoyancy_Simulator" title="Neutral Buoyancy Simulator">Neutral Buoyancy Simulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propulsion_and_Structural_Test_Facility" title="Propulsion and Structural Test Facility">Propulsion and Structural Test Facility</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stennis_Space_Center" title="Stennis Space Center">Stennis Space Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ames_Research_Center" title="Ames Research Center">Ames Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center" title="Armstrong Flight Research Center">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Research_Center" title="Glenn Research Center">Glenn Research Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Engine_Test_Facility" title="Rocket Engine Test Facility">Rocket Engine Test Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Power_Facility" title="Space Power Facility">Space Power Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spacecraft_Propulsion_Research_Facility" title="Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility">Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_Gravity_Research_Facility" title="Zero Gravity Research Facility">Zero Gravity Research Facility</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Research_Center" title="Langley Research Center">Langley Research Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Landing_Research_Facility" title="Lunar Landing Research Facility">Lunar Landing Research Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Orbit_and_Landing_Approach" title="Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach">Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_Docking_Simulator" title="Rendezvous Docking Simulator">Rendezvous Docking Simulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reduced_Gravity_Walking_Simulator" title="Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator">Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Task_Group" title="Space Task Group">Space Task Group</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carnarvon_Tracking_Station" title="Carnarvon Tracking Station">Carnarvon Tracking Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Deep_Space_Network" title="NASA Deep Space Network">Deep Space Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex" title="Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex">Goldstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex" title="Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex">Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex" title="Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex">Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Flight_Operations_Facility" title="Space Flight Operations Facility">Space Flight Operations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goddard_Institute_for_Space_Studies" title="Goddard Institute for Space Studies">Goddard Institute for Space Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Johnson_Independent_Verification_and_Validation_Facility" title="Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility">Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Space_Flight_Network" title="Manned Space Flight Network">Manned Space Flight Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michoud_Assembly_Facility" title="Michoud Assembly Facility">Michoud Assembly Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory" title="Santa Susana Field Laboratory">Santa Susana Field Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sumner_Municipal_Airport#NASA_use" title="Fort Sumner Municipal Airport">Scientific Balloon Flight Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" title="Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Flight Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Test_Facility" title="White Sands Test Facility">White Sands Test Facility</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral Space Force Station</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Control_Center" title="Mercury Control Center">Mercury Control Center</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_Planetarium_and_Science_Center" title="Morehead Planetarium and Science Center">Morehead Planetarium and Science Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Space_Shuttle_program" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Space_Shuttle" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter" title="Space Shuttle orbiter">Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster" title="Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster">Solid Rocket Booster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank" title="Space Shuttle external tank">External tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-25" title="RS-25">Main engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_Maneuvering_System" title="Orbital Maneuvering System">Orbital Maneuvering System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaction_control_system" title="Reaction control system">Reaction control system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_thermal_protection_system" title="Space Shuttle thermal protection system">Thermal protection system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booster_separation_motor" title="Booster separation 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Add-ons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spacelab" title="Spacelab">Spacelab</a> <small>(ESA)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadarm" title="Canadarm">Canadarm</a> <small>(CSA)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extended_Duration_Orbiter" title="Extended Duration Orbiter">Extended Duration Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx#Remote_Control_Orbiter" title="STS-3xx">Remote Controlled Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spacehab" class="mw-redirect" title="Spacehab">Spacehab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-Purpose_Logistics_Module" title="Multi-Purpose Logistics Module">Multi-Purpose Logistics Module</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Launch Complex 39</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39B" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base_Space_Launch_Complex_6#Space_Shuttle" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 6">Space Launch Complex 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_landing_sites" title="List of Space Shuttle landing sites">Landing sites</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shuttle Landing Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes#Emergency_landing_sites" title="Space Shuttle abort modes">Abort landing sites</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operations<br />and training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="List of Space Shuttle missions">Missions</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Canceled_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="Canceled Space Shuttle missions">canceled</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_crews" title="List of Space Shuttle crews">Crews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Space_Shuttle_missions" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of Space Shuttle missions">Mission timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Shuttle_rollbacks" title="List of Space Shuttle rollbacks">Rollbacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes" title="Space Shuttle abort modes">Abort modes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous_pitch_maneuver" title="Rendezvous pitch maneuver">Rendezvous pitch maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Mission_Simulator" title="Shuttle Mission Simulator">Shuttle Mission Simulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Training_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Training Aircraft">Shuttle Training Aircraft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Testing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Inspiration" title="Space Shuttle Inspiration"><i>Inspiration</i> <small>(design)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Pathfinder" title="Space Shuttle Pathfinder"><i>Pathfinder</i> <small>(simulator)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Main_Propulsion_Test_Article" title="Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article">MPTA <small>(engine test article)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests" title="Approach and Landing Tests">Approach and Landing Tests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster"><i>Challenger</i> disaster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">report</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Columbia disaster"><i>Columbia</i> disaster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" title="Columbia Accident Investigation Board">report</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Support</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crawler-transporter" title="Crawler-transporter">Crawler-transporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mate-Demate_Device" title="Mate-Demate Device">Mate-Demate Device</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_launcher_platform#Apollo_and_Space_Shuttle" title="Mobile launcher platform">Mobile Launcher Platform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_recovery_ship" title="NASA recovery ship">NASA recovery ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbiter_Processing_Facility" title="Orbiter Processing Facility">Orbiter Processing Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Avionics_Integration_Laboratory" title="Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory">Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft_flights" title="List of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights">flights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Training_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Training Aircraft">Shuttle Training Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STS-3xx" title="STS-3xx">STS-3xx</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STS-61-A" title="STS-61-A">Deutschland-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Getaway_Special" title="Getaway Special">Getaway Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journalist_in_Space_Project" title="Journalist in Space Project">Journalist in Space Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teacher_in_Space_Project" title="Teacher in Space Project">Teacher in Space Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle%E2%80%93Mir_program" title="Shuttle–Mir program">Shuttle-Mir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchhiker_Program" title="Hitchhiker Program">Hitchhiker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Space suits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extravehicular_Mobility_Unit" title="Extravehicular Mobility Unit">Extravehicular Mobility Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Ejection_Escape_Suit" title="Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit">Shuttle Ejection Escape Suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Launch_Entry_Suit" title="Launch Entry Suit">Launch Entry Suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Crew_Escape_Suit" title="Advanced Crew Escape Suit">Advanced Crew Escape Suit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experiments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freestar_experiment" title="Freestar experiment">Freestar experiments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inflatable_Antenna_Experiment" title="Inflatable Antenna Experiment">Inflatable Antenna Experiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Packet_Radio_Experiment" title="Spartan Packet Radio Experiment">Spartan Packet Radio Experiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_pallet_satellite" title="Shuttle pallet satellite">Shuttle pallet satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility" title="Wake Shield Facility">Wake Shield Facility</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shuttle-Derived_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuttle-Derived Vehicle">Derivatives</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturn-Shuttle" title="Saturn-Shuttle">Saturn-Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnum_(rocket)" title="Magnum (rocket)">Magnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle-Derived_Heavy_Lift_Launch_Vehicle" title="Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle">Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_(rocket_family)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter (rocket family)">Jupiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle-C" title="Shuttle-C">Shuttle-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle-Centaur" title="Shuttle-Centaur">Shuttle-Centaur</a></li> <li>Ares <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ares_I" title="Ares I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ares_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Ares IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ares_V" title="Ares V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_(rocket)" title="Liberty (rocket)">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">Space Launch System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OmegA" title="OmegA">OmegA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Replicas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Independence" title="Space Shuttle Independence"><i>Independence</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_design_process" title="Space Shuttle design process">Space Shuttle design process</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Studied_Space_Shuttle_designs" title="Studied Space Shuttle designs">studied designs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inertial_Upper_Stage" title="Inertial Upper Stage">Inertial Upper Stage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payload_Assist_Module" title="Payload Assist Module">Payload Assist Module</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program" title="Criticism of the Space Shuttle program">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_retirement" title="Space Shuttle retirement">Retirement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conroy_Virtus" title="Conroy Virtus">Conroy Virtus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hail_Columbia_(film)" title="Hail Columbia (film)">Hail Columbia</a></i> (1982 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_Is_Alive" title="The Dream Is Alive">The Dream Is Alive</a></i> (1985 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Challenger_(1990_film)" title="Challenger (1990 film)">Challenger</a></i> (1990 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_in_Space" title="Destiny in Space">Destiny in Space</a></i> (1994 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Columbia:_The_Tragic_Loss" title="Columbia: The Tragic Loss">Columbia: The Tragic Loss</a></i> (2004 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hubble_(film)" title="Hubble (film)">Hubble</a></i> (2010 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Challenger_Disaster" title="The Challenger Disaster">The Challenger Disaster</a></i> (2013 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Challenger:_The_Final_Flight" title="Challenger: The Final Flight">Challenger: The Final Flight</a></i> (2020 documentary miniseries)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_America" title="Space Shuttle America">Space Shuttle America</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rendezvous:_A_Space_Shuttle_Simulation" title="Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Simulation">Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Simulation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Project" title="Space Shuttle Project">Space Shuttle Project</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shuttle_(video_game)" title="Shuttle (video game)">Shuttle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle:_A_Journey_into_Space" title="Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space">Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Mission_2007" title="Space Shuttle Mission 2007">Space Shuttle Mission 2007</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbiter_(simulator)" title="Orbiter (simulator)"><i>Orbiter Space Flight Simulator</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_We_Left_Earth:_The_NASA_Missions" title="When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions">When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.flightgear.org/Space%20Shuttle">Flightgear Space Shuttle realistic simulation </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Airports_in_Florida" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FF9C1A"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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Airport">Daytona Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destin%E2%80%93Fort_Walton_Beach_Airport" title="Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport">Destin–Fort Walton Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale%E2%80%93Hollywood_International_Airport" title="Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport">Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainesville_Regional_Airport" title="Gainesville Regional Airport">Gainesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_International_Airport" title="Jacksonville International Airport">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_International_Airport" title="Key West International Airport">Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Orlando_International_Airport" title="Melbourne Orlando International Airport">Melbourne Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_International_Airport" title="Miami International Airport">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Florida_Beaches_International_Airport" title="Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport">Northwest Florida Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_International_Airport" title="Orlando International Airport">Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Sanford_International_Airport" title="Orlando Sanford International Airport">Orlando Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_International_Airport" title="Palm Beach International Airport">Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_International_Airport" title="Pensacola International Airport">Pensacola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punta_Gorda_Airport_(Florida)" title="Punta Gorda Airport (Florida)">Punta Gorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Pete%E2%80%93Clearwater_International_Airport" title="St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport">St. Pete–Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarasota%E2%80%93Bradenton_International_Airport" title="Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport">Sarasota–Bradenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Florida_International_Airport" title="Southwest Florida International Airport">Southwest Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_International_Airport" title="Tallahassee International Airport">Tallahassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_International_Airport" title="Tampa International Airport">Tampa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vero_Beach_Regional_Airport" title="Vero Beach Regional Airport">Vero Beach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Reliever</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avon_Park_Executive_Airport" title="Avon Park Executive Airport">Avon Park Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton_Airport" title="Boca Raton Airport">Boca Raton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Air_Park" title="Clearwater Air Park">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeLand_Municipal_Airport" title="DeLand Municipal Airport">DeLand–Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_Executive_Airport" title="Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport">Fort Lauderdale Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_Field" title="Page Field">Fort Myers Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herlong_Recreational_Airport" title="Herlong Recreational Airport">Herlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Executive_at_Craig_Airport" title="Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport">Jacksonville Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kissimmee_Gateway_Airport" title="Kissimmee Gateway Airport">Kissimmee Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O._Knight_Airport" title="Peter O. Knight Airport">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland_Linder_International_Airport" title="Lakeland Linder International Airport">Lakeland Linder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_County_Park_Airport" title="Palm Beach County Park Airport">Lantana (Palm Beach Country)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Executive_Airport" title="Miami Executive Airport">Miami Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Airport_(Florida)" title="Naples Airport (Florida)">Naples Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Smyrna_Beach_Municipal_Airport" title="New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport">New Smyrna Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Palm_Beach_County_General_Aviation_Airport" title="North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport">North Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Perry_Airport" title="North Perry Airport">North Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami-Opa_Locka_Executive_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport">Opa Locka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Executive_Airport" title="Orlando Executive Airport">Orlando Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormond_Beach_Municipal_Airport" title="Ormond Beach Municipal Airport">Ormond Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Executive_Airport" title="Tampa Executive Airport">Tampa Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venice_Municipal_Airport" title="Venice Municipal Airport">Venice Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Whitted_Airport" title="Albert Whitted Airport">Whitted</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airglades_Airport" title="Airglades Airport">Airglades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apalachicola_Regional_Airport" title="Apalachicola Regional Airport">Apalachicola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_Municipal_Airport" title="Arcadia Municipal Airport">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartow_Executive_Airport" title="Bartow Executive Airport">Bartow Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Glade_State_Municipal_Airport" title="Belle Glade State Municipal Airport">Belle Glade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooksville%E2%80%93Tampa_Bay_Regional_Airport" title="Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport">Brooksville–Tampa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County_Airport_(Florida)" title="Calhoun County Airport (Florida)">Calhoun County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_City_Airport" title="Cross City Airport">Cross City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_River_Airport" title="Crystal River Airport">Crystal River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dade-Collier_Training_and_Transition_Airport" title="Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport">Dade-Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeFuniak_Springs_Airport" title="DeFuniak Springs Airport">DeFuniak Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destin_Executive_Airport" title="Destin Executive Airport">Destin Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dunn_Airpark" title="Arthur Dunn Airpark">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnellon/Marion_County_Airport" title="Dunnellon/Marion County Airport">Dunnellon–Marion County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everglades_Airpark" title="Everglades Airpark">Everglades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernandina_Beach_Municipal_Airport" title="Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport">Fernandina Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flagler_County_Airport" title="Flagler County Airport">Flagler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilliard_Airpark" title="Hilliard Airpark">Hilliard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Homestead_General_Aviation_Airport" title="Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport">Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immokalee_Regional_Airport" title="Immokalee Regional Airport">Immokalee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_Airport_(Florida)" title="Inverness Airport (Florida)">Inverness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Airport" title="Cecil Airport">Jacksonville Cecil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone_Heights_Airport" title="Keystone Heights Airport">Keystone Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaBelle_Municipal_Airport" title="LaBelle Municipal Airport">LaBelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_City_Gateway_Airport" title="Lake City Gateway Airport">Lake City Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wales_Municipal_Airport" title="Lake Wales Municipal Airport">Lake Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leesburg_International_Airport" title="Leesburg International Airport">Leesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_T._Lewis_Airport" title="George T. Lewis Airport">Lewis-Cedar Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys_Marathon_Airport" title="Florida Keys Marathon Airport">Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Island_Airport" title="Marco Island Airport">Marco Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianna_Municipal_Airport" title="Marianna Municipal Airport">Marianna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merritt_Island_Airport" title="Merritt Island Airport">Merritt Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Seaplane_Base" title="Miami Seaplane Base">Miami Seaplane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Florida_Regional_Airport" title="Northeast Florida Regional Airport">Northeast Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocala_International_Airport" title="Ocala International Airport">Ocala-Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okeechobee_County_Airport" title="Okeechobee County Airport">Okeechobee County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_County_Glades_Airport" title="Palm Beach County Glades Airport">Pahokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palatka_Municipal_Airport" title="Palatka Municipal Airport">Palatka–Larkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry-Foley_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Perry-Foley Airport">Perry–Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_City_Airport" title="Plant City Airport">Plant City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompano_Beach_Airpark" title="Pompano Beach Airpark">Pompano Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince_Field" title="Peter Prince Field">Prince-Santa Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Municipal_Airport_(Florida)" title="Quincy Municipal Airport (Florida)">Quincy-Gadsden County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Coast_International_Airport" title="Treasure Coast International Airport">St. Lucie County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Municipal_Airport" title="Sebastian Municipal Airport">Sebastian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebring_Regional_Airport" title="Sebring Regional Airport">Sebring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes_Airport" title="Bob Sikes Airport">Sikes-Crestview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Coast_Regional_Airport" title="Space Coast Regional Airport">Space Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwannee_County_Airport" title="Suwannee County Airport">Suwannee County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-County_Airport_(Florida)" title="Tri-County Airport (Florida)">Tri-County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umatilla_Municipal_Airport" title="Umatilla Municipal Airport">Umatilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valkaria_Airport" title="Valkaria Airport">Valkaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wauchula_Municipal_Airport" title="Wauchula Municipal Airport">Wauchula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williston_Municipal_Airport" title="Williston Municipal Airport">Williston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Haven%27s_Gilbert_Airport" title="Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport">Winter Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witham_Field" title="Witham Field">Witham at Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zephyrhills_Municipal_Airport" title="Zephyrhills Municipal Airport">Zephyrhills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Public use</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrabelle-Thompson_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrabelle-Thompson Airport">Carrabelle-Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_Airport" title="Fort Walton Beach Airport">Fort Walton Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Browns_Seaplane_Base" title="Jack Browns Seaplane Base">Jack Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massey_Ranch_Airpark" title="Massey Ranch Airpark">Massey Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Apopka_Airport" title="Orlando Apopka Airport">Orlando Apopka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Lakeland_Airport" title="South Lakeland Airport">South Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tavares_Seaplane_Base" title="Tavares Seaplane Base">Tavares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakulla_County_Airport" title="Wakulla County Airport">Wakulla County</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Private use</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ames_Field" title="Ames Field">Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Field" title="Buckingham Field">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Creek_Airport" title="Coral Creek Airport">Coral Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardner_Airport_(Florida)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardner Airport (Florida) (page does not exist)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Lake_Airport" title="Hidden Lake Airport">Hidden Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jumbolair_Airport" title="Jumbolair Airport">Jumbolair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathrinstadt_Airport" title="Kathrinstadt Airport">Kathrinstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Reef_Club_Airport" title="Ocean Reef Club Airport">Ocean Reef Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osborn_Airfield" title="Osborn Airfield">Osborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge_Landing_Airpark" title="Ridge Landing Airpark">Ridge Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Creek_Airpark" title="Sandy Creek Airpark">Sandy Creek</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">NASA Shuttle Landing Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Creek_Airport" title="Spruce Creek Airport">Spruce Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wellington_Aero_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wellington Aero Club (page does not exist)">Wellington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;color: #000033;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Park_Air_Force_Range&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Avon Park Air Force Range (page does not exist)">Avon Park AFR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral SFS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Air_Station_Clearwater" title="Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater">Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater</a> (at St. Petersburg-Clearwater IAP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Air_Station_Miami" title="Coast Guard Air Station Miami">Coast Guard Air Station Miami</a> (at Opa Locka Airport)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Field" title="Duke Field">Duke Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin AFB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead ARB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville Air National Guard Base">Jacksonville Air National Guard Base</a> (at Jacksonville IAP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Jacksonville" title="Naval Air Station Jacksonville">NAS Jacksonville (Towers Field)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">NAS Key West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill AFB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">NS Mayport (McDonald Field)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick SFB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">NAS Pensacola (Sherman Field)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyndall_Air_Force_Base" title="Tyndall Air Force Base">Tyndall AFB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Whiting_Field" title="Naval Air Station Whiting Field">NAS Whiting Field</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Whiting_Field_%E2%80%93_North" title="Naval Air Station Whiting Field – North">North Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Whiting_Field_%E2%80%93_South" title="Naval Air Station Whiting Field – South">South Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Outlying_Landing_Field_Choctaw" title="Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw">NOLF Choctaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Outlying_Landing_Field_Santa_Rosa" title="Naval Outlying Landing Field Santa Rosa">NOLF Santa Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saufley_Field" title="Saufley Field">NOLF Saufley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Outlying_Landing_Field_Spencer" title="Naval Outlying Landing Field Spencer">NOLF Spencer</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FF9C1A;width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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