List of wind tunnels

Name Status Size Use Location Comments
Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel L 12 ft X W 10 ft X H 7 ft Scale Aircraft, UAV, Rocket, Missile, Academic Research, Automotive, Motorsport, Cycling, Skiing, Architectural, Transit, Truck, Product Development 0-200MPH Texas A&M University, College Station TX 7ft x 7ft capable of mach 0.4
ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel L 46 ft x W 14.7 ft x H 9.5 ft (L 14.3 m x W 4.5 m x H 2.9 m) Full Scale: Automotive, Motorsport, Cycling, Skiing, Architectural, Transit, Truck, Product Development Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Available and accessible for all industries requiring wind tunnel services or climatic services.
A2 wind tunnel Test section W ~14 ft x H ~10 ft x L ~20 ft Full scale general purpose Mooresville, NC ~$500/hr Full scale Race car, Motorcycle, Bicycle, etc.
AeroDyn Wind Tunnel Full scale NASCAR racecars Mooresville, NC
Auto Research Center (ARC) 50% Scale Model Automotive Rolling Road Indianapolis, IN Motorsports, Production Cars, Commercial Semi-Trucking and Cycling testing capabilities
Calspan Wind Tunnel 8 ft × 8 ft (2.4 m × 2.4 m) Subsonic/Transonic Buffalo, New York
European transonic wind tunnel Transonic Cologne, Germany
Langley 8 Foot High Speed Tunnel 8 ft (2.4 m) High Speed Hampton, Virginia
Full-Scale Tunnel Hampton, Virginia
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Glenn Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Hypersonic Cleveland, Ohio
Ames National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex (operated by US Air Force) 40 ft × 80 ft (12 m × 24 m) Subsonic Mountain View, California
Modine Wind Tunnel Racine, Wisconsin Climatic wind tunnel testing, large truck and automotive
Ames 7×10 foot Wind Tunnel (operated by US Army) 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m) Mountain View, California
San Diego Wind Tunnel San Diego, CA major airframers, bicycle manufacturers and professional athletes
Trisonic Wind Tunnel El Segundo, California
Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel Mountain View, California
Variable Density Tunnel Variable Density Hampton, Virginia
Vertical wind tunnel; Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute Vertical Moscow, Russia
Wind Shear's Full Scale, Rolling Road, Automotive Wind Tunnel Wind Shear Concord, North Carolina
Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 16 Inch Shock 16 in (41 cm) Hypersonic Propulsion Mountain View, CA
Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Direct-Connect Hypersonic Propulsion Mountain View, CA
Ames National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex (operated by US Air Force) 80 ft × 120 ft (24 m × 37 m) Subsonic Atmospheric Mountain View, CA Largest wind tunnel in the world
Ames Subsonic 12 Foot High-Rn Pressure 12 ft (3.7 m) Subsonic Mountain View, CA
Ames Supersonic 9×7 foot High-Rn 9 ft × 7 ft (2.7 m × 2.1 m) Supersonic Mountain View, CA
Ames Transonic 11 Foot High-Rn 11 Foot Transonic Mountain View, CA
Glenn Supersonic 10×10 foot Propulsion 10 ft × 10 ft (3.0 m × 3.0 m) Supersonic Cleveland, OH
Glenn Non-Vitiated Hypersonic Tunnel Facility for Propulsion Integration Hypersonic Cleveland, OH
Glenn Propulsion Simulation Lab Cell 3 Cleveland, OH
Glenn Propulsion Simulation Lab Cell 4 Cleveland, OH
Glenn Engine Components Research Lab Cell 2b Cleveland, OH
Glenn Subsonic Icing Research Tunnel Subsonic Icing Cleveland, OH
Glenn Subsonic 9×15 foot Propulsion 9 ft × 15 ft (2.7 m × 4.6 m) Subsonic Cleveland, OH
Glenn Transonic 8×6 foot Propulsion 8 ft × 6 ft (2.4 m × 1.8 m) Transonic Cleveland, OH
TitanX Jamestown Vehicle Climatic Wind Tunnel 9.4 ft x 11.4 ft (3.0 m x 3.5 m) Climatic testing of vehicle systems and entire trucks. Jamestown, NY Open for external clients.
Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Air 20 in (51 cm) Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic 31 Inch Mach 10 Air 31 in (79 cm) Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Tetrafluoromethane 20 in (51 cm) Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 8 Foot High-Temperature Tunnel 8 ft (2.4 m) Hypersonic, High-Temperature Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Arc-Heated Scramjet Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Combustion Scramjet Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Supersonic Combustion Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 15 Inch Mach 6 High-Temperature Tunnel 15 in (38 cm) Hypersonic Hampton, VA
Langley Subsonic 12 Foot Atmospheric Lab 12 ft (3.7 m) Subsonic Atmospheric Hampton, VA
Langley Subsonic 20 Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel 20 ft (6.1 m) Subsonic Vertical Spin Hampton, VA
Langley Subsonic 14×22 foot Atmospheric 14 ft × 22 ft (4.3 m × 6.7 m) Subsonic Atmospheric Hampton, VA
Langley Subsonic Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel Subsonic Low-Turbulence Hampton, VA
Langley Supersonic High-Rn Supersonic Hampton, VA
Langley High-Rn Transonic Dynamics Tunnel Transonic Hampton, VA
Langley Transonic 16 Foot Atmospheric 16 ft (4.9 m) Transonic Atmospheric Hampton, VA
Langley National Transonic Facility Transonic Hampton, VA
Langley NASA/GASL HYPULSE Propulsion Integration Hampton, VA
University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory ("UWAL"), Kirsten Wind Tunnel 8 ft X 12 ft Subsonic Seattle, WA
University of Washington Dept. of Aero&Astro 3X3 3 ft X 3 ft Velocity range approx. 20 to 135 mph Seattle, WA The original "Boeing Aerodynamical Chamber" built in 1918 & updated in early 1990's.
Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel 6 ft × 6 ft (1.8 m × 1.8 m) Blacksburg, Virginia
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