Naval Air Station North Island
Naval Air Station in Northern Coronado Peninsula, San Diego County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island (IATA: NZY, ICAO: KNZY, FAA LID: NZY), at the north end of the Coronado peninsula on San Diego Bay in San Diego, California, is part of the largest aerospace-industrial complex in the United States Navy – Naval Base Coronado (NBC), and the home port of several aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.
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Naval Air Station North Island | |||||||||
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Halsey Field | |||||||||
Part of Naval Base Coronado | |||||||||
San Diego, California in the United States | |||||||||
Coordinates | 32°41′57″N 117°12′55″W | ||||||||
Type | Naval Air Station/Naval Base | ||||||||
Site information | |||||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
Operator | US Navy | ||||||||
Controlled by | Navy Region Southwest | ||||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||
Site history | |||||||||
Built | 1917 (1917) (as NAS San Diego) | ||||||||
In use | 1917 – present | ||||||||
Garrison information | |||||||||
Current commander | Captain John DePree | ||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||
Identifiers | IATA: NZY, ICAO: KNZY, FAA LID: NZY, WMO: 722906 | ||||||||
Elevation | 7.8 metres (26 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Other airfield facilities | 13x helipads | ||||||||
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Official name | Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District | ||||||||
Criteria | Event; Architecture/engineering | ||||||||
Designated | 21 May 1991 | ||||||||
Reference no. | 91000590[2] | ||||||||
Architects | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue; Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks | ||||||||
Architecture | Mission and Spanish Revival | ||||||||
Areas of significance | Military; architecture | ||||||||
The commanding officer of NAS North Island (NASNI) is also the Commanding Officer, Naval Base Coronado (NBC). As such, he or she commands or administers NASNI and seven other naval facilities: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (NABC); Outlying Field Imperial Beach; Silver Strand Training Complex; Remote Training Site, Warner Springs; Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor; Camp Morena; and Naval Auxiliary Landing Facility San Clemente Island. NBC, with only its commands in the metropolitan San Diego area, brackets the city of Coronado from the entrance to San Diego Bay to the Mexican border. NAS North Island itself is host to 23 aviation squadrons and 80 additional tenant commands and activities—one of which, the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest, is San Diego's largest aerospace employer.