What is Naval Air Station?

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A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. Such bases are used to house Naval Aviation squadrons and support commands.

List of Functioning US Naval Air Stations

List of Functioning Reserve US Naval Air Stations

As well as many airports and airbases around the country.

List of Former US Naval Air Stations

  • Naval Air Station Adak, Alaska
  • Naval Air Station Agana, Guam
  • Naval Air Station Akron, Ohio
  • Alameda, California
  • Naval Air Station Albany, Georgia (former Turner AFB)
  • Naval Air Station Anacostia, Washington, DC (realigned as Naval Station Anacostia)
  • Naval Air Station Argentia, Newfoundland
  • Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines
  • Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Ellyson Field, Florida
  • Mountain View, California
  • Naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas
  • Naval Air Station New York (Brooklyn, NY) (1941-1971) [Floyd Bennett Field]
  • Barbers Point, Hawaii (realigned as CGAS Barbers Point)
  • Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida (realigned as Patrick AFB)
  • St. David's Island, Bermuda (1970-1995) (former Kindley AFB)
  • Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Chase Field, Beeville, Texas
  • Naval Air Station Corry Field, Florida (realigned as Naval Technical Training Center Corry Station, then Center for Domain Awareness Corry Station)
  • Dallas, Texas
  • Naval Air Station Denver, Colorado (realigned as Buckley ANGB, now Buckley AFB)
  • Naval Air Station Deland, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Glenview, Illinois
  • Naval Air Station Glynco, Georgia
  • Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Imperial Beach, California (realigned as Outlying Field Imperial Beach)
  • Keflavik, Iceland
  • Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey (realigned as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst)
  • Naval Air Station Lincoln, Nebraska (realigned as Lincoln ANGB)
  • Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California (realigned as Los Alamitos AAF)
  • Naval Air Station Melbourne, Florida
  • Millington, Tennessee (realigned as Naval Support Activity Mid-South)
  • Naval Air Station Miami, Florida (realigned as MCAS Miami, then realigned as CGAS Miami)
  • Naval Air Station Miramar, California (realigned as MCAS Miramar)
  • Mountain View, California (redesignated Moffett Federal Airfield)
  • Naval Air Station Niagara Falls, New York (realigned as Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station)
  • Puunene, Hawaii (1940-1947)
  • Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia (realigned as Naval Station Norfolk / Chambers Field)
  • Naval Air Station Oakland, California
  • Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (realigned as Quonset Point ANGB)
  • Naval Air Station Richmond, Florida
  • Weymouth, Massachusetts
  • Cubi Point, Philippines
  • Sangley Point, Philippines
  • Sand Point-Seattle, Washington
  • Sanford, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Saufley Field, Florida (realigned as Outlying Field Saufley and Naval Education and Training Program Development Center Saufley Field)
  • Naval Air Station Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Naval Air Station Vero Beach, Florida
  • Naval Air Station Weeksville, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
  • Wildwood,New Jersey

Additional Information

Marine Corps Air Stations fill a similar role for the United States Marine Corps; however Marine aviation units are often assigned to Naval Air Stations as well. A slightly lower level of air base in the Navy is the Naval Air Facility. An example is NAF Atsugi, Japan or NAF El Centro, California.


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Naval Air Station Atlanta (NAS Atlanta) (IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE, FAA LID: MGE) is a military airport located 1 mile south of Marietta, Georgia. It is located immediately south of Dobbins Air Reserve Base in and shares its runways.
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Naval Air Station Brunswick (IATA: NHZ, ICAO: KNHZ, FAA LID: NHZ), also known as NAS Brunswick, is a military airport located 2 miles North East of Brunswick, Maine; one of two in New England, the other military airport is Bangor.
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Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (IATA: NGP, ICAO: KNGP), also known as Truax Field, is a naval base located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas, USA.
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Naval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon (IATA: NFL, ICAO: KNFL, FAA LID: NFL) is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility. It is located in the city of Fallon in western Nevada in the United States.
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Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County, California. Lemoore Station, California, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders.
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Naval Air Station Jacksonville or NAS Jacksonville (IATA: NIP, ICAO: KNIP, FAA LID: NIP) is a military airport located 4 miles (6 km) south of the center of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Naval Air Station Key West (ICAO: KNQX, FAA LID: NQX), also known as NAS Key West, is a military airport located 4 miles east of Key West, Florida.[2] NAS Key West provides the U.S.
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Naval Air Station Kingsville or NAS Kingsville (IATA: NQI, ICAO: KNQI, FAA LID: NQI) is a military airport located 3 miles east of Kingsville, Texas.
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Naval Air Station Meridian or NAS Meridian (ICAO: KNMM, FAA LID: NMM) is a military airport located 11 miles northeast of Meridian, Mississippi in Lauderdale County and is one of the Navy's two jet strike pilot training bases (the other being NAS
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Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana (IATA: NTU, ICAO: KNTU, FAA LID: NTU) is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base (a base that offers 24 hour service and fuel).
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Naval Air Station North Island (NAS North Island or NASNI) (IATA: NZY, ICAO: KNZY, FAA LID: NZY) is located at the north end of Coronado Island in San Diego Bay, is the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.
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Naval Air Station Patuxent River (IATA: NHK, ICAO: KNHK, FAA LID: NHK), also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States Naval Air Station located in St. Mary's County on Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River. It is home to the U.S.
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Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (IATA: NPA, ICAO: KNPA, FAA LID: NPA), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy base located in Warrington, Florida, a community southwest of the Pensacola city limits.
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Naval Air Station Point Mugu or NAS Point Mugu (IATA: NTD, ICAO: KNTD, FAA LID: NTD) is a military airport located in Point Mugu, Ventura County, California, United States.
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Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a United States Navy base located in Milton, Florida, in central Santa Rosa County, and is one of the Navy's two primary pilot training bases (the other being NAS Corpus Christi, Texas). NAS Whiting Field also provides training for U.S.
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Naval Air Station Sigonella (IATA: NSY, ICAO: LICZ), the "The Hub of the Med", is a U.S. Navy installation at NATO Base Sigonella, an Italian Air Force base in Sicily, Italy.
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Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base or NAS Fort Worth JRB (IATA: NFW, ICAO: KNFW, FAA LID: NFW) is a U.S. military base located five miles west of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base, Willow Grove began in 1926 when Harold Frederick Pitcairn constructed a hangar and a grass airstrip in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
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Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. Built on reclaimed land at the west end of Alameda Island, the site was acquired by the USAAC in 1930 but turned over to the Navy in 1936.
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U.S. Naval Air Station Cubi Point was a United States Navy facility located at the edge of Naval Base Subic Bay and abutting the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.

History

The need for a naval air station was realized during the Korean War. Admiral Arthur W.
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New Century AirCenter (IATA: JCI, ICAO: KIXD, FAA LID: IXD), formerly known as Naval Air Station Olathe, Flatley Field and Johnson County Industrial Airport
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Location: Brooklyn, New York City

Built/Founded: 1928
Architect: City Department of Docks
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival, Art Deco
Added to NRHP: April 11, 1980

NRHP Reference#: 80000363[1]


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Kalaeloa Airport (ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport) and formerly Barbers Point Naval Air Station
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Naval Air Station Bermuda (Kindley Field), was located on St. David's Island, Bermuda from 1970 to 1995, on the former site of Kindley Air Force Base. It is currently the site of Bermuda International Airport.
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Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field (IATA: VQQ, ICAO: KVQQ, FAA LID: VQQ) was a United States Navy base, located in Duval County, Florida. NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in the Jacksonville, Florida, area.
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