# Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) (NIP / KNIP)

**Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)** (IATA: NIP, ICAO: KNIP) is a medium airport in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It opened in May 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,003 ft (2,744 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NIP / KNIP
- FAA: NIP
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Opened: May 1941
- Elevation: 23 ft / 7 m
- Coordinates: 30.2358, -81.6806
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,003 ft / 2,744 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 4 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.cnic.navy.mil/jacksonville/index.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Jacksonville (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017076
- Weather station: KNIP
- Ident: KNIP

## Timeline

- May 1941: Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 9,003 ft / 2,744 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt |  | yes |
| 14/32 | 5,978 ft / 1,822 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00209AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,003 ft / 2,744 m | =1,773 of 29,858 | =368 in North America | =272 in US |
| Elevation | 23 ft / 7 m | =41,148 of 43,403 | =18,570 in North America | =15,216 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 123.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 28.100 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 134.775 |
| GND | GND | 128.600 |
| MISC | ATCOM | 672.300 |
| OPS | NAVY JAX OPS | 31.020 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.000 |

## Nearby airports

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- [JAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjax.md) Jacksonville International Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [NRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knrb.md) Naval Station Mayport / Admiral David L McDonald Field · 19 mi / 30 km
- [UST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksgj.md) Northeast Florida Regional Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
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## 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/knip/data