# Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field (NGP / KNGP)

**Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field** (IATA: NGP, ICAO: KNGP) is a medium airport in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 4 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NGP / KNGP
- FAA: NGP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1943
- Elevation: 18 ft / 6 m
- Coordinates: 27.6926, -97.2911
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 18 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_corpus_christi.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016314
- Weather station: KNGP
- Ident: KNGP

## Timeline

- Jul 1943: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13R/31L | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 13L/31R | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 220 ft / 67 m | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 18/36 | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 196 ft / 60 m | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |
| 04/22 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00098AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 18 ft / 6 m | =41,591 of 43,403 | =18,756 in North America | =15,346 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =20 in North America | =19 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.000 |
| CLD | NAVY CORPUS CLNC DEL | 31.430 |
| DEP | DEP | 125.400 |
| GND | NAVY CORPUS GND | 118.700 |
| MISC | AIR | 38.180 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 34.665 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.350 |
| TWR | NAVY CORPUS TWR | 134.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [CRP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrp.md) Corpus Christi International Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [NQI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knqi.md) Kingsville Naval Air Station · 34 mi / 55 km
- [ALI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kali.md) Alice International Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [VCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvct.md) Victoria Regional Airport · 83 mi / 134 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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/kngp/data