List of wind tunnels

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This is an alphabetical list of wind tunnels.

Name | Status | Size (W x H x L) | Use | Country | Comments

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A2 Wind Tunnel[1] |  | 4 m × 94 m × 18 m
(14 ft × 310 ft × 58 ft)  | Full scale general purpose  | United States  | ~$500/hr full scale race car, motorcycle, bicycle
ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel[2] |  | 6 m × 5.55 m × 14 m
(20 ft × 18 ft × 46 ft)  | Full scale: automotive, motorsport, cycling, skiing, architectural, transit, truck, product development  | Canada  | Available and accessible for all industries requiring wind tunnel services or climatic services
Aerodium Sigulda[3] | Operational  |  | Testing, training, open to the public  | Latvia  | First vertical wind tunnel in Eastern Europe
AeroDyn Wind Tunnel[4] |  |  | Full scale NASCAR racecars  | United States  |
Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit[5] | Operational  |  | Hypersonic  | United States  | Located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force
Aircraft Research Association[6] | Operational  | 2.74 m × 2.44 m × 3.66 m
(9 ft 0 in × 8 ft 0 in × 12 ft 0 in)  | Transonic  | United Kingdom  | Transonic closed circuit, continuous flow wind tunnel. Mach number 0 - 1.4. Reynolds Number 3.5 to 16.7 million/m[7]
Auto Research Center[8] |  | 2.3 m × 2.1 m
(7 ft 7 in × 6 ft 11 in)  | Subsonic research and development including: 50% scale model automotive rolling road, wind turbine design and optimization, and cycling  | United States  | Wind tunnel has a moving ground plane as well as primary and secondary boundary layer suction. Subsonic testing capabilities for motorsports, production cars, commercial semi-trucking, cycling, wind turbines, architecture, aerospace, academic research, and industrial research and development.
RUAG Automotive Wind Tunnel Emmen[9] | Operational  | 2.45 m × 1.55 m × 3.8 m
(8 ft 0 in × 5 ft 1 in × 12 ft 6 in)  | Low speed automotive and general purpose  | Switzerland  | Belt system for rolling road simulation
Boeing Icing Wind Tunnel[10] | Operational  | 1 m × 2 m
(4 ft × 6 ft)  |  | United States  |
Boeing Low-speed Aero-Acoustic Facility[11] | Operational  |  |  | United States  |
Boeing Polysonic (supersonic) Wind Tunnel[12] | Operational  | 1 m × 1 m
(4 ft × 4 ft)  |  | United States  |
Boeing Propulsion Wind Tunnel[13] | Operational  |  | Low-speed, atmospheric, non-return, induction-type facility. Typical models include engine inlets, exhaust nozzles, small engines or powered vehicles, aerodynamic half or full models, as well as thrust reversers.  | United States  |
Boeing Subsonic (low-speed) Wind Tunnel[14] | Operational  | 6 m × 6 m
(20 ft × 20 ft)  |  | United States  |
Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel[15] | Operational  | 2 m × 4 m
(8 ft × 12 ft)  |  | United States  |
Boundary Layer and Subsonic Wind Tunnel[16] | Operational  |

Boundary Layer Test Section:
2.8 m × 2.1 m × 30 m
(9 ft 2 in × 6 ft 11 in × 98 ft 5 in)

Subsonic Test Section:
2.1 m × 2.1 m × 4 m
(6 ft 11 in × 6 ft 11 in × 13 ft 1 in)

| Boundary Layer Development / Low-Speed / Subsonic / General Purpose  | United States  |
Building Research Establishment[17] | Operational  |  |  | United Kingdom  | Two atmospheric boundary layer tunnels
Cal Poly's Low Speed Wind Tunnel[18] |  | 1 m × 1 m × 5 m
(4 ft × 3 ft × 18 ft)  | Low speed: Scale model testing, Aerospace, Automotive, IR industry  | United States  | Startups, major Aerospace corporations and other scientific equipment tested here. Rolling road implementation in progress.
Calspan Wind Tunnel[19] | Operational  | 2 m × 2 m
(8 ft × 8 ft)  | Subsonic / Transonic  | United States  | The only independently owned and operated wind tunnel in the United States.
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-1  |  | Diameter 3 m (10 ft)
by 6 m (20 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-2  |  | Diameter 6 m (20 ft)
by 14 m (46 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-5  |  | Diameter 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
by 3.15 m (10 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-101[20] |  | 24 m × 14 m × 24 m
(79 ft × 46 ft × 79 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-102  |  | 4 m × 2.33 m × 4 m
(13 ft × 8 ft × 13 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-103  |  | 4 m × 2.33 m × 3.8 m
(13 ft × 8 ft × 12 ft) (elliptical)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-104  |  | Diameter 7 m (23 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-105[21] |  | Diameter 4.5 m (15 ft)
by 7.5 m (25 ft)  | Vertical wind tunnel | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-106  |  | Diameter 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
by 3.5 m (11 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-107  |  | Diameter 2.48 m (8 ft 2 in)
by 4.85 m (16 ft)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-109  |  | 2.5 m × 2.5 m × 5.5 m
(8 ft 2 in × 8 ft 2 in × 18 ft 1 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-112  |  | .6 m × .6 m × 2.55 m
(2 ft 0 in × 2 ft 0 in × 8 ft 4 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-113  |  | .6 m × .6 m × 1.9 m
(2 ft 0 in × 2 ft 0 in × 6 ft 3 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-113  |  | .6 m × .6 m × 1.9 m
(2 ft 0 in × 2 ft 0 in × 6 ft 3 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-116  |  | 1 m × 1 m × 2.35 m
(3 ft 3 in × 3 ft 3 in × 7 ft 9 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-117  |  | 2.5 m × 2.4 m × 1.9 m
(8 ft 2 in × 7 ft 10 in × 6 ft 3 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-124  |  | 1 m × 1 m × 4 m
(3 ft 3 in × 3 ft 3 in × 13 ft 1 in)  |  | Russia  |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute: T-128  |  | 2.75 m × 2.75 m × 12 m
(9 ft 0 in × 9 ft 0 in × 39 ft 4 in)  |  | Russia  |
City, University of London Transonic Wind Tunnel[22] | Operational  | 0.91 m (3 ft 0 in) by 0.91 m (3 ft 0 in) by 3 m (9.8 ft); return: 5.7 m (19 ft) by 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) by 18 m (59 ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Mach 0.4 – 2.0; return max speed 12 m/s. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility
Cranfield University 8x4 Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel [17] | Operational  | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) by 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)  |  | United Kingdom  |
Cranfield University 8'x6' Low Speen Wind Tunnel[17][23] | Operational  | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) by 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)  |  | United Kingdom  | Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility
Cranfield University Weybridge Wind Tunnel[17] | Operational  | 1.067 m (3 ft 6.0 in) diameter jet  |  | United Kingdom  |
Cranfield University Icing Tunnel[17][24] | Operational  | 0.76 m (2 ft 6 in) by 0.76 m (2 ft 6 in); 0.81 m (2 ft 8 in) octagonal; 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in) by 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)  |  | United Kingdom  | Three test sections. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility
CRIACIV Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel - University of Florence[25] | Operational  | 2.44 m × 1.6 m × 10 m
(8 ft 0 in × 5 ft 3 in × 32 ft 10 in)  | Building, bridges, general purpose  | Italy  | Closed circuit wind tunnel, T-shaped diffuser, one atmospheric test section (max speed 31 m/s [100 ft/s]).
Durham University 2m tunnel[17][26] | Operational  | 2 m2 (22 sq ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Subsonic; turbulence generation system; moving or fixed ground
Durham University 1m recirculating wind tunnel [17][26] | Operational  | 0.3 m2 (3.2 sq ft): 0.55 m (1 ft 10 in) by 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) by 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)  |  | United Kingdom  | 10 mph (4.5 m/s) – 100 mph (45 m/s)
Durham University – smaller tunnels [17] | Operational  | 0.2 m2 (2.2 sq ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Three tunnels; max speed 20 m/s
EDITH supersonic wind tunnel[27] | Operational  | Diameter 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
by 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)  | Long shot time running (20 minutes).  | France  | Fundamental research on shock waves. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models. Fluidic thrust vectoring of supersonic nozzle
Energy Technology Centre[17] | Operational  | Working section 3.2 m (10 ft) by 3.2 m (10 ft)  | Wind blade testing  | United Kingdom  |
European Transonic Wind Tunnel[28] |  | 2.4 m × 2 m × 9 m
(7 ft 10 in × 6 ft 7 in × 29 ft 6 in)  | Transonic  | Germany  |
Ferrari wind tunnel[29] | Operational  | 70 m (230 ft) wide
by 80 m (260 ft) long  |  | Italy  |
Focke's wind tunnel[30] | Operational  |  |  | Germany  | Private laboratory of Henrich Focke, not discovered until 1977
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel[31] |  | 3 m × 236 m
(11.04 ft × 775 ft)  | Low speed: scale model testing, automotive, aerospace  | United States  |
GVPM[32] | Operational  | 14 m × 3.8 m × 36 m
(46 ft × 12 ft × 118 ft)

4 m × 3.8 m × 4 m
(13 ft × 12 ft × 13 ft)

| Building, bridges, rail, aeronautical, general purpose  | Italy  | Vertically arranged closed circuit wind tunnel with two test sections: one atmospheric (max speed 16 m/s [52 ft/s]), one aeronautical (max speed 55 m/s [180 ft/s]) with possibility to test with open / closed jet.
Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9[33] |  | Diameter 1.5 m (5 ft)  |  | United States  | Located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force
Imperial College London[17] | Operational  | Low speed tunnels: 0.4 m2 (4.3 sq ft) to 4.5 m2 (48 sq ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Five low speed tunnels and other tunnels up to mach 9
Jules Verne climatic wind tunnel[34][35] | Operational  | 6 m × 5 m × 12 m
(20 ft × 16 ft × 39 ft)

10 m × 7 m × 20 m
(33 ft × 23 ft × 66 ft)

4 m × 2.5 m × 20 m
(13 ft × 8 ft × 66 ft)

| Automotive, Rail, Full scale general purpose  | France  | Three test sections with wind speeds up to 280 km/h (170 mph)
Klebanoff–Saric Wind Tunnel[36] | Operational  | 1.4 m × 14 m × 4.9 m
(4 ft 7 in × 45 ft 11 in × 16 ft 1 in)  |  | United States  |
Large Amplitude Multi-Purpose (LAMP) Vertical Wind Tunnel Bihrle Applied Research[37] | Operational  | Diameter 3 m (10 ft)  | Vertical, Subsonic, High AOA, Static or body-axis oscillatory  | Germany  | Privately owned wind tunnel. +- 180 degree AOA and +-90 degree sideslip. Diverse testing capability: static, wind body axis dynamic, Multi-body axis dynamic, simultaneous force moment and pressure data acquisition.
RUAG Large Wind Tunnel Emmen[38] | Operational  | 7.0 m × 5.0 m × 15.0 m
(23 ft × 16 ft × 49 ft)  | Low speed aerospace, full scale automotive and general purpose  | Switzerland  |
Lockheed Martin Low Speed Wind Tunnel[39] | Operational  | 8 m × 9 m × 19 m
(26 ft × 30 ft × 63 ft)

7.0 m × 4.9 m × 13 m
(23 ft × 16 ft × 43 ft)

| Aeronautics, Full Scale Automotive, V/STOL Aircraft, General Purpose  | United States  | Larger test section was designed for use of V/STOL aircraft but is not limited to such. Max speed of ~320 km/h (200 mph) in smaller test section and ~160 km/h (100 mph) in the larger test section.
Loughborough University Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Low Turbulence Windtunnel[17] | Operational  |  |  | United Kingdom  | AAE Large Windtunnel
Loughborough University Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Large Windtunnel[17] | Operational  |  |  | United Kingdom  |
Loughborough University Automotive Wind Tunnel[40] | Operational  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) by 1.32 m (4 ft 4 in) by 3.6 m (12 ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | 'Rolling road' moving ground plane. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility
MARHy wind Tunnel[41] | Operational  | Diameter 5 m (16 ft)
by 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)  | Hypersonic/supersonic rarefied wind tunnel. No limit running time. Reynolds number /cm: 26.3 < Re < 7522;Mach number: 0.8 < Mach < 20  | France  | Fundamental and applied research of fluid dynamic phenomena in rarefied compressible flows. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models; Plasma flow control in rarefied and super/hypersonic flows.
Modine Wind Tunnels[42] |  | 2.7 m × 3.3 m × 12.2 m
(8 ft 10 in × 10 ft 10 in × 40 ft 0 in)

4.2 m × 4.1 m × 14 m
(14 ft × 13 ft × 46 ft)

|  | United States  | Climatic wind tunnel testing, large truck and automotive
NASA Ames 7-by 10 Foot Wind Tunnel[43] |  | 2 m × 3 m
(7 ft × 10 ft)  |  | United States  |
NASA Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 16 Inch Shock  |  | Diameter 406 mm (16 in)  | Hypersonic propulsion  | United States  |
NASA Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Direct-Connect  |  |  | Hypersonic propulsion  | United States  |
NASA Ames National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex[44] |  | 12 m × 24 m
(40 ft × 80 ft)

24 m × 37 m
(80 ft × 120 ft)

| Subsonic  | United States  | Largest wind tunnel in the world
NASA Ames Subsonic 12 Foot High-Rn Pressure[45] |  | Diameter 4 m (12 ft)  | Subsonic  | United States  |
NASA Ames 9-by 7-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel[46] |  | 3 m × 2 m
(9 ft × 7 ft)  | Supersonic  | United States  |
NASA Ames 11-by 11-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel[47] |  | 3 m × 3 m
(11 ft × 11 ft)  | Transonic  | United States  |
NASA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel[48] |  |  | Transonic/supersonic  | United States  |
NASA Glenn 10- by 10-Foot Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel[49] |  | 3 m × 3 m
(10 ft × 10 ft)  | Supersonic, Propulsion and Aero Capability  | United States  |
NASA Glenn 8- by 6-Foot Wind Tunnel[50] |  | 2 m × 2 m
(8 ft × 6 ft)  | Transonic  | United States  |
NASA Glenn 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel[51] |  | 3 m × 5 m
(9 ft × 15 ft)  | Subsonic  | United States  |
NASA Glenn Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig[52] |  | Diameter 1,346 mm (53 in)  | Acoustic testing of exhaust nozzles, subsonic  | United States  | Free-jet
NASA Glenn Engine Components Research Lab[53] |  |  |  | United States  |
NASA Glenn Hypersonic Test Facility[54] |  |  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Glenn Icing Research Tunnel[51] |  | 3 m × 2 m × 6 m
(9 ft × 6 ft × 20 ft)  | Subsonic Icing  | United States  |
NASA Glenn Propulsion Systems Laboratory[55] | Active  | Diameter 7 m (24 ft)
by 12 m (38 ft) long  | Full-Scale Engine Testing  | United States  | Four test cells: 1 & 2 demolished; 3 & 4 active. Cell 3 has icing capabilities
NASA Langley 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel[51] |  | 4 m × 7 m
(14 ft × 22 ft)  | Subsonic atmospheric  | United States  |
NASA Langley 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel[51] |  | Diameter 6 m (20 ft)  | Subsonic vertical spin  | United States  |
NASA Langley Eight-Foot High Speed Tunnel[56]\-  |  | Diameter 2 m (8 ft)  | High speed  | United States  |
NASA Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel[57] | Demolished  | 9 m × 18 m
(30 ft × 60 ft)  | Full-scale aircraft  | United States  | NASA's oldest operating wind tunnel until its closing in October 1995
NASA Langley High-Rn Transonic Dynamics Tunnel[58] | Operational  | 5 m × 5 m
(16 ft × 16 ft)  | Aeroelasticity, high-risk testing, active controls, rotorcraft performance and stability, transonic aerodynamics.  | United States  | Unique capability to manipulate fluid-structure scaling parameters with use of Heavy-Gas (R-134a) or air as a test medium and variable pressure.[59] Good flow quality for large transonic tunnel (Mach 0–1.2)[60]
NASA Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Air[61] |  | Diameter 508 mm (20 in)  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Tetrafluoromethane[62] | Demolished in 2016[63] | Diameter 508 mm (20 in)  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic 31 Inch Mach 10 Air[61] |  | Diameter 787 mm (31 in)  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 15 Inch Mach 6 High-Temperature Tunnel[64] |  | Diameter 381 mm (15 in)  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 8 Foot High-Temperature Tunnel[65] |  | Diameter 2 m (8 ft)  | Hypersonic, high-temperature  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Arc-Heated Scramjet[66] |  |  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Combustion Scramjet[67] |  |  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Supersonic Combustion[67] |  |  | Hypersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley NASA / GASL HYPULSE Propulsion Integration[68] |  |  |  | United States  |
NASA Langley National Transonic Facility[69] |  | 2 m × 2 m
(8.2 ft × 8.2 ft)  | Transonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Propeller Research Tunnel[70] |  | Diameter 6 m (20 ft)  | Full-scale aircraft used primarily in reducing drag caused by propellers and exposed engines  | United States  |
NASA Langley Subsonic 12 Foot Atmospheric Lab[71] |  | Diameter 4 m (12 ft)  | Subsonic atmospheric  | United States  |
NASA Langley Subsonic Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel[72] |  |  | Subsonic low-turbulence  | United States  |
NASA Langley Supersonic High-Rn  |  |  | Supersonic  | United States  |
NASA Langley Transonic 16 Foot Atmospheric[73] |  | 5 m
(16 ft)  | Transonic atmospheric  | United States  |
NASA Langley Variable Density Tunnel[70] |  | Diameter 5 m (15 ft)
by 11 m (34.5 ft) long  | Measuring aerodynamic qualities of airfoils  | United States  | World's first variable density wind tunnel
National Wind Tunnel Facility[74] | Operational  |  |  | United Kingdom  | Twenty-two wind tunnels at twelve universities allowing open access
ODTÜ-RÜZGEM[75] | Operational  |

High Speed Test Section:
2.5 m × 2.5 m × 10 m
(8 ft 2 in × 8 ft 2 in × 32 ft 10 in)

Boundary Layer Test Section:
7 m × 3 m × 20 m
(23 ft × 10 ft × 66 ft)

Open Jet:
3 m (10 ft)
equivalent diameter octagonal jet

| Wind energy, aeronautics, civil engineering  | Turkey  |

High Speed Test Section: Max speed 100 m/s [330 ft/s], TI<0.25%

Boundary Layer Test Section: Max speed 30 m/s [98 ft/s] with spires and roughness elements

Open Jet: Max speed 75 m/s (250 ft/s)

Interchangeable modular test sections, 6x400 kW axial fan array, 750 kW heat exchanger

ONERA Modane S1MA wind tunnel[76] | Operational  | Diameter 8 m (26 ft)
by 14 m (46 ft)  | Subsonic atmospheric  | France  | Largest continuous blow-down wind tunnel in the world, Mach 0.05 to 1.
ONERA Modane S2MA wind tunnel[77] | Operational  |  | Supersonic  | France  | Continuous-flow wind tunnel, Variable pressure, Mach 0.1 to Mach 3.0.
PHEDRA (Arc-jet) high enthalpy wind tunnel[78] | Operational  | Diameter 4.5 m (15 ft)
by 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Supersonic high enthalpy rarefied wind tunnel. No limit running time . Averaged enthalpy, Mj/kg: few < Ho < 50; Mach number: 2 < Mach < 8;Working gas: N2, Air, CO2, CH4, Ar and extensive mixtures  | France  | Fundamental research of high enthalpy fluid dynamic phenomena in non-equilibrium flows. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models; Atmospheric entry research.
Poul la Cour Tunnel[79] | Operational  | 3.0 m × 2.0 m
(10 ft × 7 ft)  | Airfoil aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, 10 to 105 m/s, Re~7M  | Denmark  | Named for Poul la Cour
Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility[80] | Operational  | Transonic: 4.9 m (16 ft)
Supersonic: 4.9 m (16 ft)
Aerodynamic trasonic: 1.2 m (4 ft) |  | United States  | Part of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force
Rail Tec Arsenal Climatic Wind Tunnel[81] | Operational  | 4.9 m × 5.9 m × 100 m
(16 ft × 19 ft × 328 ft)  | Full scale: transit, locomotive, automotive, propeller and turbines, airfoils and aircraft

Icing- , solar-, precipitatoin tests

all subsonic

| Austria  | RTA operates the longest climatic wind channel in the world. Whole trains up 100 m (330 ft) can be tested under real world conditions from −45 to 60 °C (−49 to 140 °F) and variable climatic conditions.
R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel[82] | Operational  | 3.5 m × 2.4 m × 10.5 m
(11 ft × 8 ft × 34 ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Largest university owned wind tunnel in the United Kingdom, named for R. J. Mitchell
RWDI Wind Tunnels[83] | Operational  | 7.32 m
(24 ft)

3.66 m
(12 ft)

| Wind engineering, scale buildings  | Canada  | Two wind tunnels
San Diego Wind Tunnel[84] |  | 4 m × 2 m × 5 m
(12 ft × 8 ft × 15 ft)  |  | United States  | Major airframers, bicycle manufacturers and professional athletes
T3 Hypersonic wind tunnel[85] |  |  |  | Brazil  |
Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel[86] |  | 3 m × 2 m × 4 m
(10 ft × 7 ft × 12 ft)  | Scale aircraft, UAV, rocket, missile, academic research, automotive, motorsport, cycling, skiing, architectural, transit, truck, product development 0-200MPH  | United States  |
TitanX Jamestown Vehicle Climatic Wind Tunnel[87] |  | 3.0 m × 3.5 m
(10 ft × 11 ft)  | Climatic testing of vehicle systems and entire trucks  | United States  | Open for external clients
Trisonic Wind Tunnel[88] |  | 3,912 mm × 356 mm
(154 in × 14 in)  |  | United States  |
Trudelturm[89] |  | Height 20 m (66 ft)  |  | Germany  |
University of Bristol[17] | Operational  | Large Low Speed Wind Tunnel 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) by 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Low Turbulence Wind Tunnel 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) by 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in)
Open Jet Wind Tunnel 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) diameter  |  | United Kingdom  |
University of British Columbia Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel[90] |  | 2.5 m × 1.6 m × 23.6 m
(8 ft 2 in × 5 ft 3 in × 77 ft 5 in)  | Boundary layer, architectural, and wind-engineering studies  | Canada  | Speed range: 3 to 20 m/s (9.8 to 65.6 ft/s)
University of British Columbia Parkinson Wind Tunnel[91] |  | 1.0 m × 0.7 m × 2.6 m
(3 ft 3 in × 2 ft 4 in × 8 ft 6 in)  | Aeronautical research, studies of flow-induced oscillations, studies of wind tunnel blockage effects  | Canada  | Speed range: 5 to 35 m/s (16 to 115 ft/s)
University of Glasgow[17] | Operational  | De-Havilland Wind Tunnel 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) by 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Handley-Page Wind Tunnel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) by 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Low Speed Wind Tunnel 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) by 0.95 m (3 ft 1 in)
Flow Visualisation Wind Tunnel 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in) by 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in)  |  | United Kingdom  |
University of Manchester[17] | Operational  | Hypersonic wind tunnel 6 in (150 mm) diameter
Trisonic wind tunnel 0.15 m (5.9 in) by 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in)
Open-circuit boundary layer tunnel 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) by 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) by 5 m (16 ft)
Open-circuit wind tunnel 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) by 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) by 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Open-circuit wind tunnel 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) by 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) by 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Closed-circuit water tunnel 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) by 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) by 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Tilting flume 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) by 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) by 5 m (16 ft)  |  | United Kingdom  | Hypersonic wind tunnel: Mach 4, 5, 6; trisonic wind tunnel: Mach 0 to 0.8, 1.8
University of Southampton[17] | Operational  | 3' x 2' tunnel 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) by 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) by 4.5 m (15 ft)
7' x 5' tunnel 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) by 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel 3.5 m (11 ft) by 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)  |  | United Kingdom  |
University of Surrey[17] | Operational  | EnFlo Laboratory meteorological wind tunnel 3.5 m (11 ft) by 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) by 20 m (66 ft)  |  | United Kingdom  |
University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory, Kirsten Wind Tunnel[92] |  | 2 m × 4 m × 3 m
(8 ft × 12 ft × 10 ft)  | Subsonic  | United States  |
University of Washington Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics 3x3[93] |  | 1 m × 1 m × 2 m
(3 ft × 3 ft × 8 ft)  | Velocity range approx. 32 to 217 km/h (20 to 135 mph)  | United States  | The original "Boeing Aerodynamical Chamber", built in 1918 with an Eiffel 1.2 by 1.2 m (4 by 4 ft) and updated in the early 1990s with new power systems and a higher velocity EDL 0.91 by 0.91 m (3 by 3 ft)
Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel[94] |  | 2 m × 2 m
(6 ft × 6 ft)  |  | United States  |
Von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility[95] | Operational  |  |  | United States  | Three tunnels at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex
Williams F1 Wind Tunnel 2[96] | Operational  | 4.4 m × 2.5 m × 12 m
(14 ft × 8 ft × 39 ft)  | Motorsport / Automotive  | United Kingdom  |
WindShear Full Scale, Rolling Road, Automotive Wind Tunnel[97] |  |  | Wind shear  | United States  |
Windtech Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel[98] | Operational  | 3 m × 2 m × 23 m
(10 ft × 7 ft × 75 ft)  | Low-Speed / Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel  | Australia  | Windtech owns and operates one of the largest boundary layer wind tunnel labs in the world with a total of 3 wind tunnels under one roof. Each wind tunnel is 3 m × 2 m × 23 m (9.8 ft × 6.6 ft × 75.5 ft)

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