NOLF Silverhill Field | |||||||||||
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Baldwin County, Alabama in United States of America | |||||||||||
![]() Aerial photograph of NOLF Silverhill in 1952. | |||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Type | Naval Outlying Landing Field | ||||||||||
Owner | US Government | ||||||||||
Operator | United States Navy | ||||||||||
Condition | Abandoned | ||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°33′53″N 87°48′32″W / 30.56472°N 87.80889°W | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1944 | ||||||||||
Built for | Navy flight training | ||||||||||
In use | 1944 - 2012 | ||||||||||
Fate | Disused | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: KNQB | ||||||||||
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Naval Outlying Landing Field Silverhill, or Silverhill Field (ICAO: KNQB), was an unmanned military airport in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. NOLF Silverhill was established in 1944 and was primarily used for training operations of the Navy. It was closed in 2012 when it was unable to accommodate the Navy’s newer Beechcraft T-6 Texan IIs.