# Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia (NKW)

**Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia** (IATA: NKW) is a medium airport in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. It has one runway, 3,659 m (12,003 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by United States Navy.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fjdg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NKW / —
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: -7.3133, 72.4111
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,659 m / 12,003 ft
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Indian/Chagos
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11694190
- Weather station: FJDG · WMO 61967
- Ident: FJDG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,659 m / 12,003 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Concrete | 122° / 302° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,659 m / 12,003 ft | =322 of 29,858 | #95 in Asia |  |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =3,136 in Asia |  |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia |  |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE | 1325.400 |
| APP | APP | 134.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 28.200 |
| GCA | GND | 118.400 |
| OPS | AMC OPS | 128.000 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.460 |
| TWR | TWR | 34.020 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/fjdg/data