NKX

Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field

ICAO KNKX32.8684°N 117.1430°W477 ft / 145 mMedium airport
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Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (IATA: NKX, ICAO: KNKX) is a medium airport in San Diego, California, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 12,000 ft (3,658 m). It is operated by wiki.

Timeline

2 events · 1944–2008
FEB 1944
OpenedMiramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field opens.
08 DEC 2008
Disaster2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash.4 killed
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06L/24R075° / 255° · LIT
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete
06R/24L075° / 255° · LIT
LENGTH8,001 ft2,439 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEPaved

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway12,000 ft3,658 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=336of 29,823 · =85 North America · =75 USElevation477 ft145 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=27,523of 43,341 · =13,096 North America · =10,963 USAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · =1,249 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

8 channels
APPSOCAL APP132.200
ATISATIS35.200
CLDCLNC DEL125.975
DEPSOCAL DEP119.600
GNDGND128.625
PMSVPMSV METRO34.240
PTDPTD33.562
TWRTWR135.200