Shuttle Landing Facility

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s historic Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), now called the Launch and Landing Facility (LLF), is managed by Space Florida under a 30-year agreement with NASA and available to external commercial customers. Its single runway 15/33 is 15,000 ft x 300 ft with 1,000-ft overruns, air traffic control and published GPS approaches; current compatible uses include horizontal launch and landing, suborbital flight training and research, weightless flights, and aviation and aerodynamics testing. The secure facility has access to restricted airspace and is not a general walk-in visitor attraction. Space Florida lists uses and tenants including Amazon Leo satellite processing, Starfighters supersonic small-satellite launches, United Launch Alliance rocket-stage deliveries, and Lockheed Martin aerospace work; NASA identifies it as a multi-user partnership facility. FAA guidance says the site-operator license LRSO 18-018 expired January 15, 2026 and no launch-vehicle operators currently hold launch licenses for the SLF, so confirm current FAA authorizations before treating any launch or reentry plan as active. Visitor reference: Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, United States.