NJK

El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)

ICAO KNJK32.8292°N 115.6720°W-42 ft / -13 mMedium airport
On the map
US Naval Air Facility El Centro entrance sign in March 2016
U.S. Navy photo by Kristopher Haugh · Public domain · Commons

El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (IATA: NJK, ICAO: KNJK) is a medium airport in El Centro, California, United States. It opened in Feb 1973. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,503 ft (2,897 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

Timeline

1 event · 1973–1973
FEB 1973
OpenedEl Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH9,503 ft2,897 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEPaved
12/30135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH6,825 ft2,080 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEPaved

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway9,503 ft2,897 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,511of 29,823 · =315 North America · =232 USElevation-42 ft-13 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#43,311of 43,341 · #19,415 North America · #15,755 USAgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =4,976 North America · =4,884 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
ATISATIS26.927
CLDCLNC DEL34.020
GNDGND121.900
PMSVPMSV METRO34.830
TWRTWR119.100