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1,524.3 metres (5,001 ft) Asphalt. 13L/31R. 1,524 metres (5,000 ft) Asphalt. Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (IATA: NGP, ICAO: KNGP, FAA LID: NGP) is a United States Navy naval air base located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas.
The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role. Some airfields are parented by a larger naval installation or are part of a Joint Base operated jointly with another part of the US military.
Founded in 1942 as Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Kingsville, it served nearby Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as an auxiliary field, aiding in training many of the U.S Navy's pilots for World War II. Some of the Kingsville Naval Auxiliary Fields were assigned to NAAS Kingsville. In 1968, the airfield was redesignated as Naval Air Station ...
At least one security force member was injured Thursday morning in an active-shooter incident at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. The coastal base in Nueces County, Texas, about 140 miles ...
Trainin Squadron 27 was initially established on 11 July 1951 as Advanced Training Unit-B at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi. The command moved to Naval Air Station, Kingsville in 1952 and again to Naval Air Station, New Iberia, Louisiana in 1960. It was there the squadron was redesignated VT-27 in July of that year and about that time that ...
Coordinates: 27°42′46″N 97°19′24″W. Naval Air Technical Training Center Ward Island is a decommissioned United States Navy base located on Ward Island, just offshore from Corpus Christi, Texas. During World War II (WWII), this base provided highly classified airborne electronics maintenance training for many thousands of Navy, Marine ...
The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), currently RDML Richard T. Brophy, [3] leads the Naval Air Training Command (NATRACOM) and is headquartered on board Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. As recently as 2009, NATRACOM's 739 aircraft logged 358,449 flight hours, nearly a third of the Department of the Navy total for that fiscal year.
21°26′45″N 157°46′11″W / 21.44583°N 157.76972°W / 21.44583; -157.76972 (Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay) 1st Marine Corps District. Garden City. New York. 40°43′47″N 73°36′51″W / 40.72972°N 73.61417°W / 40.72972; -73.61417 (1st Marine Corps District) Marine Corps Air Station Cherry ...