The 1,500-acre Naval Air Station Moffett Field site is located in Moffett Field, California. Moffett Field was commissioned in 1933 as a naval air station to support a “lighter-than-air” (LTA) program. The LTA program involved training pilots to fly blimps and servicing the aircraft.

What is Moffett Field famous for?

NAS Moffett Field had an excellent record of ship and mine detection. However, as jet airplanes were developed and began to take over the functions of the blimps, the lighter-than-air (LTA) program went into decline.

Can private planes land at Moffett Field?

Viewing the event at high altitude offered a clearer view than on the ground. However, some flights by Google's founders may have no link to research. A flight by their 767 from Moffett Field to Seville, Spain, last week, where Google was holding a sales conference, had no science component, NASA said.