Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico
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Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico (MCAF Quantico) (IATA: NYG, ICAO: KNYG, FAA LID: NYG) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States. The airfield is also known as Turner Field, after Colonel Thomas C. Turner, a veteran Marine aviator and the second director of Marine Corps Aviation,[2] who lost his life in Haiti in 1931.
Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico | |||||||
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Turner Field | |||||||
Part of Marine Corps Base Quantico | |||||||
Triangle, Virginia in the United States | |||||||
Coordinates | 38°30′13″N 077°18′18″W | ||||||
Type | Marine Corps Air Facility | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||
Operator | US Marine Corps | ||||||
Controlled by | Marine Corps Installations National Capital Region | ||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1931 (1931) | ||||||
In use | 1931 – present | ||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Current commander | Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Vuolo | ||||||
Garrison | Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: NYG, ICAO: KNYG, FAA LID: NYG, WMO: 724035 | ||||||
Elevation | 3.3 metres (11 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
On 12 August 2010, a new Quantico air facility to accommodate maintenance and storage of HMX-1 helicopters was dedicated in honor of Marine One founding commander Col. Virgil D. Olson (1919–2012).[3]