Shuttle Landing Facility
Runway complex at NASA Kennedy Space Center built for Space Shuttle orbiter landings and now operated as Space Florida's Launch and Landing Facility. The single 15/33 runway is 15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, with overruns and support infrastructure for horizontal aerospace operations.
Identity
- Name
- Shuttle Landing Facility
- Region
- NA
- Slug
- shuttle-landing-facility
- Type
- airfield
Details
- Description
- Runway complex at NASA Kennedy Space Center built for Space Shuttle orbiter landings and now operated as Space Florida's Launch and Landing Facility. The single 15/33 runway is 15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, with overruns and support infrastructure for horizontal aerospace operations.
- Latitude
- 28.6147
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA
- Longitude
- -80.6945
- Operational Status
- operational
- Ownership
- government
- Runway Count
- 1
- Runway Length
- 4,572
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- Creation Time
- 6/30/2026, 7:35:33 PM
- Updated Time
- 6/30/2026, 7:35:33 PM