# El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) (NJK / KNJK)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NJK / KNJK
- FAA: NJK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: El Centro, California, United States
- Opened: Feb 1973
- Elevation: -42 ft / -13 m
- Coordinates: 32.8292, -115.6720
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,503 ft / 2,897 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil/naf_el_centro/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Facility_El_Centro (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016449
- Weather station: KNJK · WMO 72281
- Ident: KNJK

## Timeline

- Feb 1973: El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 9,503 ft / 2,897 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 12/30 | 6,825 ft / 2,080 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00472AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,503 ft / 2,897 m | =1,512 of 29,858 | =315 in North America | =232 in US |
| Elevation | -42 ft / -13 m | #43,373 of 43,403 | #19,426 in North America | #15,765 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 26.927 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 34.020 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.830 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.100 |

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## In collections

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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/knjk/data