Saufley Field

Saufley Field is a military airport and support facility located five nautical miles (9 km) west of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States.It is an active U.S. Navy facility and a former Naval Air Station, with its non-aviation activity now known as NETPDTC Saufley Field. Although still listed as a Naval Outlying Field (NOLF) in flight information publications (FLIP), its previous aeronautical role as NOLF Saufley Field in support of primary Student Naval Aviator training at Training Air Wing FIVE at nearby NAS Whiting Field has been suspended pending runway and airfield upgrades and it is currently listed in the FLIP as a "closed" facility for aircraft operations.As Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center (NETPDTC) Saufley Field, the facility also function as a shore installation for various naval activities that are part of the greater Pensacola naval complex. Saufley Field is located 10mi north of NAS Pensacola.HistoryThe U.S. Navy leased what was then known as "Felton's Farm Field" for use as an outlying field of NAS Pensacola from 1933 and it purchased the 866.62acre site on 16 August 1939. The base opened for operations on 26 August 1940 and is named after LTJG Richard C. Saufley, USN, Naval Aviator No. 14. Saufley was killed 9 June 1916 in the crash of a Curtiss Model E hydroplane, AH-8, off of Pensacola during an attempted long-endurance flight.