# Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field (NKX / KNKX)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NKX / KNKX
- FAA: NKX
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: wiki
- Serves: San Diego, California, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 477 ft / 145 m
- Coordinates: 32.8684, -117.1430
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 12,000 ft / 3,658 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 3 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.miramar.marines.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Miramar (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1029503
- Weather station: KNKX
- Ident: KNKX

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field opens.
- 8 Dec 2008: 2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash. 4 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06L/24R | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 075° / 255° | yes |
| 06R/24L | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 075° / 255° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00903AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m | =336 of 29,858 | =85 in North America | =75 in US |
| Elevation | 477 ft / 145 m | =27,551 of 43,403 | =13,099 in North America | =10,965 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | SOCAL APP | 132.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 35.200 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.975 |
| DEP | SOCAL DEP | 119.600 |
| GND | GND | 128.625 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.240 |
| PTD | PTD | 33.562 |
| TWR | TWR | 135.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [NZY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knzy.md) North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field · 12 mi / 20 km
- [CLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrq.md) McClellan-Palomar Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [SDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdm.md) Brown Field Municipal Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [OCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kokb.md) Oceanside Municipal Airport · 27 mi / 43 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/knkx/data