Pensacola Naval Air Station (Forrest Sherman Field)
NPA · KNPA · Pensacola, Florida · Escambia County · map
Pensacola Naval Air Station (Forrest Sherman Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 6 miles southwest of Pensacola, Florida, 28 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07L/25R, is 8,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Pensacola Naval Air Station (Forrest Sherman Field)…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NPA · ICAO KNPA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1300-0300z++ mon-fri; closed saturday; 2100-0230z++ sunday, holidays by notam.
- Attended
- March to November, Monday to Friday, 12:00 pm to 0300z; Saturday, closed; Sunday, 9:00 pm to 0230z++; NOV to MAR, 1:00 pm to 0300z
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 8,001 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 07R/25L | 8,000 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 7,136 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 07L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 25R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 07R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 25L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.35 | Sherman |
| Clearance delivery | 134.1 | Sherman |
| Ground | 121.7 | Sherman |
| Tower | 120.7 | Sherman |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 120.65 | Sherman |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Roscoe Field (3 nm northwest), Pensacola International (10 nm northeast), Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Field (19 nm west), Peter Prince Field (24 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Roscoe Field (3 nm northwest), Pensacola International (10 nm northeast), Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Field (19 nm west), Holk Field AT Foley Municipal (20 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Available only during hours of operation.
- FSS-GAINESVILLE GNV- NOTAM pns
- Holidays by NOTAM. see flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmk.
- Hook E28(B)(1554')
- Hook E28(B) (1200')
- Hook E28(B) (1300')
- Hook E28(B) (1100')
- Hook E28(B) (1450')
- Hook E28(B) (1300')
- A-GEAR: 15 minimum ntc for short field arrestment.
- Jasu - 2(NC-10) 2(MSU-200)
- Fuel: jet a++
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pensacola from the FAA register
507 aircraft are registered to owners in Pensacola, Florida: 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins, 10 turboprops, 8 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Pensacola, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC Lee Flight Services is an aircraft rental operator based at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away X-C Soaring Association is a flying club located in Walnut Hill, Florida that offers glider flying and flight instruction to members of all ages and experience levels.
Charter operators and airlines based in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital USA LLC
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC
- Skywarrior Avionics INC
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC
- Veracity Technology Solutions
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pensacola 507 aircraft · 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins
- Brown Helicopter INC 195 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 34 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training INC 25 aircraft in town
- Vero Technical Support INC 14 aircraft in town
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · flight school
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Aerocapital USA LLC · repair station
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC · repair station
- Skywarrior Avionics INC · repair station
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 983 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NPA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.