Shuttle Landing Facility

Shuttle Landing Facility
Shuttle Landing Facility
	Aerial view of Shuttle Landing Facility in 2012
	IATA: QQS; ICAO: KTTS; FAA LID: TTS;
Summary
Airport type	Government/Private
Owner	NASA
Operator	NASA (1976–2015); Space Florida (2015–present);
Location	Merritt Island, Florida
Opened	1976
Built	1974
Occupants	Kennedy Space Center
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	28°36′54″N 80°41′40″W / 28.615°N 80.6945°W
Map
	SLF Location of airport in Florida
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Facilities and geographic features of Kennedy Space Center

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Facilities and geographical features of Kennedy Space Center:

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Launch Complex 39 (LC-39A)

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Launch Complex 39 (LC-39B)

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Vehicle Assembly Building

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Shuttle Landing Facility

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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Apollo/Saturn V Center

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Banana River

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Indian River

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KSC Headquarters Building

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Astronaut Beach House

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Banana Creek

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Cochran Cove

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Operations and Checkout Building

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Launch Complex 48

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SpaceX Roberts Road Operations Center

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Exploration Park

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Blue Origin Ransom Road facility

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Crawlerway

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Launch Control Center

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Orbiter Processing Facilities 1 and 2

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Orbiter Processing Facility 3

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Launch Complex 39 Press Site

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Multi-Payload Processing Facility

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Space Systems Processing Facility

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NASA Railroad (Wilson Junction)

The Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), also known as Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) (IATA: QQS, ICAO: KTTS, FAA LID: TTS), is an airport located on Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is a part of the Kennedy Space Center and was used by Space Shuttle for landing until July 2011. It was also used for takeoffs and landings for NASA training jets such as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and for civilian aircraft.

Starting in 2015, Space Florida manages and operates the facility under a 30-year lease from NASA. In addition to ongoing use by NASA, private companies have been utilizing the SLF since the 2011 end of the Space Shuttle program.