Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles north-northeast of Norfolk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Airport
- Description: American spaceport in Virginia
- Also known as: “KWAL”, “WAL”, “Wallops Flight Facility Airport”, and “WFF”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wallops Flight Facility Aerodrome and Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center.
Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center
Tourism office
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The Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center is a public museum and NASA visitor center located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattsville and Horntown.
Wattsville
Village
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Wattsville is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2010. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,341. Wattsville is situated 2 miles west of Wallops Flight Facility.
Horntown
Village
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Horntown is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 912. In the mid-19th century, Horntown was a stagecoach stop on the route between Wilmington, Delaware and Eastville. Horntown is situated 2 miles north of Wallops Flight Facility.
Atlantic
Village
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Atlantic is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 808. Atlantic is situated 3½ miles southwest of Wallops Flight Facility.
Wallops Flight Facility
- Categories: spaceport and transportation
- Location: Accomack, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Wallops Flight Facility” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منشأة والوبس للطيران”
- Belarusian: “Уолапс”
- Catalan: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Cebuano: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Chinese: “瓦勒普斯飛行中心”
- Chinese: “瓦勒普斯飛行設施”
- Chinese: “瓦洛普斯飛行設施”
- Chinese: “瓦罗普斯飞行研究所”
- Chinese: “瓦羅普斯飛行研究所”
- Czech: “Wallops Flight Center”
- Czech: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Dutch: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Esperanto: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Finnish: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- French: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Galician: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- German: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Hebrew: “מתקן הטיסות וואלופס”
- Hebrew: “מתקן הטיסות וולופס”
- Indonesian: “Fasilitas Penerbangan Wallops”
- Indonesian: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Italian: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Japanese: “ワロップス射場”
- Japanese: “ワロップス飛行施設”
- Korean: “월롭스 비행 시설”
- Luxembourgish: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Persian: “تأسیسات پروازی ولوپس”
- Persian: “مرکز پرواز والوپ”
- Polish: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Portuguese: “Instalação de Voo Wallops”
- Portuguese: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Russian: “Уоллопс”
- Slovak: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Slovenian: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Slovenian: “WFF”
- Swedish: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Turkish: “Wallops Flight Facility”
- Turkish: “Wallops Uçuş Tesisi”
- Ukrainian: “Воллопс”
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