San Clemente Island Nalf Airport
NUC · KNUC · San Clemente Island, California · Orange County · map
San Clemente Island Nalf Airport is a private airport owned by the US Navy in San Clemente Island, California, 184 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 9,301 feet of concrete. 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 San Clemente Island Nalf Airport…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NUC · ICAO KNUC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 184 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 8:00 am to 6:00 pm mon-thu; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm friday; closed wkend and holidays, other times by notam.
- Attended
- Monday, 3:00 pm to 0200z+; Tuesday to Thursday, 4:00 pm to 0200z+; Friday, 4:00 pm to 0000z+; every day, closed saturday, sunday and holidays.
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 9,301 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 70 × 70 ft | Concrete | |
| H2 | 70 × 70 ft | Concrete |
Radio frequencies
| Ground | 119.55 | San Clemente Island |
| Tower | 126.75 | San Clemente Island |
| Approach and departure | 127.05 | San Clemente Island |
| Emergency | 121.5 | San Clemente Island |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Zamperini Field (49 nm north).
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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- (frederick sherman field)
- Available only drg hours of open. After hours for emergency activate high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 5 step and runway end identifier lights runway 24 1 step - 119.55.
- Other times by NOTAM.
- Ols
- Jasu - 1(GTC-85) 1(A-4).
- Fuel - J5.
- Fluid - SP.
- Caution: extv misl and OFF-SHORE bombardment in vicinity San Clemente Island. Perimeter road in close proximity to airfield, use extreme caution. Hold short markings less than 175 feet. Expect hold short instructions from tower.
- Traffic pattern reduced runway separation standard in effective usn/usmc aircraft (only allowed during ccas).
- Restricted - prior permission required for civil aircraft at all times and military OT, C619-524-9240. Required to use nuc as bingo field for carrier operates rqr 7 days PN and special air operates after nml operates hours rqr 72 hour PN through San Clemente Island air operations C619-524-9240.
- Parking ramp designed for five metroliner sized aircraft (on the line adjacent to the terminal) and eight H-60 sized aircraft (on the northern two lines - 4 each line). When cargo aircraft occupy the center parking line (vic of spot 5) nonstd taxilane clnc may exist, use ctn taxing around cargo aircraft.
- Simulated aircraft carrier deck lights out of service.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in San Clemente Island from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list San Clemente Island, CA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,096 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 28,134 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NUC.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 November 10, 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.