Wolf NOLF Airport

Post-World War II military drawdown. NOLF Wolf was one of many auxiliary airfields built to support the massive pilot training programs during the war. With the drastic reduction in training needs after 1945, the field was deemed redundant and no longer required for naval operations.

The site of the former airport has been completely redeveloped and is now the location of the Wolf Bay Solar Key Project, a large-scale solar power generation facility operated by Alabama Power. While the faint, ghostly outlines of the original 'X' shaped runways are still partially visible in satellite imagery beneath and around the solar arrays, all original aviation infrastructure has been removed. The land is now dedicated to renewable energy production.

NOLF Wolf was a U.S. Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF) established during World War II. It served as a satellite training field for the much larger Naval Air Station Pensacola. Its primary function was to provide a safe, uncongested area for student naval aviators to practice fundamental flight skills, particularly takeoffs and landings, in single-engine trainers. The field featured a classic World War II training layout with four 4,000-foot asphalt runways arranged in an 'X' pattern, allowing for training operations in various wind conditions. It played a small but vital role in the vast naval aviation training pipeline that produced thousands of pilots for the war effort.

None. The prospect of reopening NOLF Wolf as an airport is virtually zero. The site has been fully and permanently repurposed for a long-term industrial use as a major solar farm. Reverting the land to aviation use would require the complete decommissioning and removal of the solar facility and a total reconstruction of all airport infrastructure, for which there is no demand or plan.