Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on on the , , just east of the and approximately 100 miles north-northeast of Norfolk.
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  • Airport
  • …lies at an elevation of 36 feet (11 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code WAL
  • …has the ICAO airport code KWAL
  • Description: American spaceport in Virginia
  • Also known as
    “KWAL”
    “WAL”
    “Wallops Flight Facility Airport”
    “WFF”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wallops Flight Facility Aerodrome and Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wattsville and Horntown.
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is a census-designated place in , United States. is situated 2 miles west of Wallops Flight Facility.
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. is situated 2 miles north of Wallops Flight Facility.
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is a census-designated place in , United States. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Wallops Flight Facility.

Wallops Flight Facility

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Latitude
37.94074° or 37° 56′ 27″ north
Longitude
-75.46742° or 75° 28′ 3″ west
Open location code
8796WGRM+72
Geo­Names ID
4792008
Wiki­data ID
Q182348

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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”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wallops Neck and Jenneys Gut.

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