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Although most U.S. airports and airbases use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, NOLF San Nicolas Island is assigned NSI by the FAA, [3] and the IATA has assigned NSI to Nsimalen International Airport in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [4] US Navy took over the Landing Field in January 1933 from the Civil Aeronautics Authority ...
U.S. Navy facilities on San Nicolas Island, 2009. San Nicolas Island was one of eight candidate sites to detonate the first atomic bomb before White Sands Proving Ground was selected for the Trinity nuclear test. [14] Between 1957 and 1973, and in 2004 and again in 2010, U.S. military research rockets were launched
This is a list of airfields operated by the United States Navy which are located within the United States and abroad. 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.
Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF) Imperial Beach (IATA: NRS, ICAO: KNRS, FAA LID: NRS) is a United States Navy facility for helicopters, situated on 1,204 acres (5 km 2) approximately 14 miles (23 km) south of San Diego and within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California. It is known as "The Helicopter Capital of the World".
San Clemente Island is the southernmost Channel Island, covering 57 square miles (150 km 2). The island is approximately 21 nautical miles (39 kilometres) long and is 4.5 nmi (8.3 km) across at its widest point. It lies 55 nmi (102 km) south of Long Beach and 68 nmi (126 km) west of San Diego.
The United States Navy controls San Nicolas Island and San Clemente Island, and has installations elsewhere in the chain. During World War II all of southern California's Channel Islands were put under military control, including the civilian-populated Santa Catalina where tourism was halted and established residents needed permits to travel to ...
Port of Hueneme (pronounced "Why-nee-mee") is the only deep-water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. At Point Mugu, NBVC operates two runways and a 36,000-square-mile (93,000 km 2) sea test range, [2] anchored by San Nicolas Island. The range allows the military to test and track weapons systems in restricted air- and sea-space without ...
Historical San Juan Island, modern Cortes Bank, is a high seamount, an island submerged 6 feet and more, 96 mi SW of San Pedro, 111 mi (166 km) W of Pt Loma, and 47 mi (82 km) SW of San Clemente Island. The outermost feature in the Channel Islands, it has been visible as an island from elevations on San Clemente Island on clear days, and known ...