# Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (NHK / KNHK)

**Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)** (IATA: NHK, ICAO: KNHK) is a medium airport in Patuxent River, Maryland, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,799 ft (3,596 m). It is operated by Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NHK / KNHK
- FAA: NHK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Naval Air Station Patuxent River
- Owner: United States Navy
- Serves: Patuxent River, Maryland, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 39 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 38.2860, -76.4118
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 11,799 ft / 3,596 m
- Instrument procedures: 13 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61673087
- Weather station: KNHK · WMO 72404
- Ident: KNHK

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 11,799 ft / 3,596 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes |
| 14/32 | 9,732 ft / 2,966 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | yes |
| 02/20 | 5,021 ft / 1,530 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 008° / 188° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00314AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 11,799 ft / 3,596 m | =438 of 29,858 | =104 in North America | #92 in US |
| Elevation | 39 ft / 12 m | =39,970 of 43,403 | =18,084 in North America | =14,905 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 120.050 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 27.620 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 135.200 |
| GND | GND | 120.600 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 30.255 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 35.620 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 117.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ADW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kadw.md) Joint Base Andrews · 44 mi / 71 km
- [SBY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksby.md) Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [NYG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knyg.md) Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field · 51 mi / 81 km
- [DAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdaa.md) Davison Army Air Field · 51 mi / 82 km
- [DCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdca.md) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 52 mi / 83 km
- [FME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfme.md) Fort Meade Executive Airport · 58 mi / 94 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/knhk/data