Naval Air Station North Island
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Naval Air Station North Island | |||||||||
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Halsey Field | |||||||||
Part of AMSL | |||||||||
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Other airfield facilities | 13x helipads | ||||||||
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue; Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks | |||||||||
Architecture | Mission and Spanish Revival | ||||||||
Areas of significance | Military; architecture |
Naval Air Station North Island or NAS North Island (
The commanding officer of NAS North Island (NASNI) is also the Commanding Officer,
Organization
NAS North Island also operates two other airfields in the Southern California region. One is
NAS North Island resembles a small city in its facility content and its operations. It has its own police and fire departments, as well as advanced military security stations. It has large factory-type buildings which comprise the Naval Aviation Depot, employing 3,300 civilians, and its own commissary, Navy Exchange, and housing units. Recreation facilities include officer, chief petty officer and enlisted clubs, movie theater, golf course, tennis courts, bowling alley, parks and beaches.
Its airfield has over 230 stationed aircraft, and its quay wall is
North Island is headquarters for four major military flag staffs including:[citation needed]
- Commander, Naval Air Forces (COMNAVAIRFOR or CNAF), responsible for maintenance and training of all naval aircraft and aircraft carriers in the Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, the Naval Air Reserve, and the Naval Air Training Command
- Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet(COMNAVAIRPAC or CNAP), responsible for maintenance and training of all naval aircraft and aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet. This is a dual-hatted post in that it is concurrently held by the Commander, Naval Air Forces
- Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven
With all the ships in port, the population of the station is nearly 35,000 active duty military, selected reserve military, and civilian personnel.
History
North Island was commissioned a
The U.S. Navy's first aviator, Lieutenant
North Island derived its name from the original geography. In the nineteenth century it was referred to as North Coronado Island, because it was separated from South Coronado (now the city of Coronado) by a shallow bay known as the Spanish Bight, which was later filled in 1945 during World War II.[4] In 1886, North Coronado Island and South Coronado were purchased by a developer to become a residential resort. South Coronado, which is not an island but the terminus of a peninsula known as the Silver Strand, became the city of Coronado.[citation needed][5]
However, North Coronado was never developed. Instead,
In 1914, then-unknown aircraft builder
The list of American military pilots trained at North Island reads like the Who's Who of aviation; however, the U.S. was not the only country interested in aviation early in the twentieth century. Six years before the Naval Air Station was commissioned, Glenn Curtiss trained the first group of Japanese aviators at his flying school on North Island. Among them were a Lieutenant
Even the base's first commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander
During World War II, North Island was the major continental U.S. base supporting the operating forces in the
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Construction of the seaplane ramp in 1918
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USS Langley at North Island, 1925
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North Island in 1924
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Four carriers (USS Constellation, USS Carl Vinson, USS Nimitz, USS John C. Stennis) at North Island, 2002
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Three carriers (U.S.S. Carl Vinson, U.S.S. Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan) at North Island, 2010
Tenant squadrons
MH-60S Seahawk | HH-60H Seahawk | MH-60R Seahawk | C-40A Clipper | C-2 Greyhound | CMV-22B (V22) | |
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Ships
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
- USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5)
Tenant commands
- Commander, Naval Air Forces
- Commander, Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet(COMNAVAIRPAC)
- Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike WING Pacific (CHSMWP)
- Combat Camera Group, Pacific
- Commander, Carrier Strike Group One (CCSG-1)
- Commander, Carrier Strike Group Three (CCSG-3)
- Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7)
- Commander, Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CCSG-11)
- Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group One (COMCARDESGRU 1)
- Commander Destroyer Group Seven (COMDESRON 7)
- Commander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-One (COMDESRON 21)
- Commander, Tactical Air Control Group One (COMTACGRU 1)
- Construction Battalion Unit 405 (CBU 405)
- Deep Submergence Unit (DSU)
- Defense Enterprise Computing Center Det San Diego
- DSU Det Mystic (DSRV 1)
- DSU Diving System Support Detachment
- DSU Unmanned Vehicle Detachment
- Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group Pacific
- Fleet Imaging Command Pacific
- Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Wing (VRMW)
- Fleet Readiness Center Southwest
- Fleet Weather Center - San Diego
- HSC Weapons School, Pacific
- HSM Weapons School, Pacific
- Naval Air Technical Data and Engineering Service Center (NATEC)
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station
- Naval Leader Training Unit, Coronado
- Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center
- Naval Public Affairs Support Element, West
- Naval Special Clearance Team One
- Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU)
- Naval Information Warfare Training Group, San Diego (formerly NIOC San Diego)
- Navy Reserve Center North Island (formerly Navy Operational Support Center North Island, formerly Naval Air Reserve San Diego)
- Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron(MSS-3)
Climate
NAS North Island features some of the warmest winter temperatures anywhere on the west coast of the continental United States. Under the Köppen climate classification system, it is classified as a semi-arid climate (BSh or warm steppe).
Climate data for North Island NAS (32.7°N, 117.2°W Altitude: 7.9 m asl) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.8) |
20.2 (68.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.1 (71.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.1 (78.9) |
25.8 (78.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.2 (68.3) |
22.7 (72.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.8 (64.1) |
19.1 (66.3) |
20.3 (68.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.6 (69.0) |
17.7 (63.8) |
15.2 (59.3) |
18.9 (65.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.8) |
11.3 (52.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.1 (60.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.3 (66.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.2 (50.3) |
15.1 (59.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43 (1.69) |
52 (2.04) |
42 (1.66) |
18 (0.72) |
2.0 (0.08) |
1.5 (0.06) |
0.51 (0.02) |
0.51 (0.02) |
3.8 (0.15) |
17 (0.65) |
24 (0.93) |
35 (1.39) |
239.32 (9.41) |
Source 1: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/normals | |||||||||||||
Source 2: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/normal_mly/stations/GHCND:USW00093112/detail |
Education
The housing on-post is in the Coronado Unified School District, and the zones for Village Elementary School, Coronado Middle School, and Coronado High School.[8]
See also
- Naval Air Station
- List of airports in California
- List of United States Navy airfields
References
- PDF
- ^ "Naval Air Station, San Diego, Historic District". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System.
- ^ CNIC/Naval Base Coronado
- ^ La Tourette, Robert, LT USN (June 1968). "The San Diego Naval Complex". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
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(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "A Timeline of Coronado History". Coronado Historical Association. Feb 19, 2020.
- ^ Log of the Spirit of St. Louis
- ^ "Historic California Posts: Naval Air Station, North Island". Archived from the original on 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Schools (Coronado)". Navy Life SW, official US Navy site. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
This article incorporates public domain material from Naval Air Station North Island. United States Navy. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
External links
- Official website (Naval Base Coronado)
- Navy Lodge North Island - Beach Front Location
- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for NZY
- AirNav airport information for KNZY
- ASN accident history for NZY
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNZY