# Kingsville Naval Air Station (NQI / KNQI)

**Kingsville Naval Air Station** (IATA: NQI, ICAO: KNQI) is a medium airport in Kingsville, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 4 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NQI / KNQI
- FAA: NQI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kingsville, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1943
- Elevation: 50 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 27.5072, -97.8097
- Runways: 4
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 12 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_kingsville.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Kingsville (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017597
- Weather station: KNQI
- Ident: KNQI

## Timeline

- Jul 1943: Kingsville Naval Air Station opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13L/31R | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 198 ft / 60 m | Paved | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 13R/31L | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 198 ft / 60 m | Paved | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 17L/35R | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 197 ft / 60 m | Paved | 179° / 359° | yes |
| 17R/35L | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 198 ft / 60 m | Paved | 179° / 359° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00918AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 50 ft / 15 m | #39,314 of 43,403 | #17,824 in North America | #14,734 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 4 | =41 of 29,978 | =20 in North America | =19 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 27.620 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 32.840 |
| DEP | DEP | 26.680 |
| GND | GND | 35.240 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 27.480 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.460 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ALI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kali.md) Alice International Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [CRP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrp.md) Corpus Christi International Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [NGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kngp.md) Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field · 34 mi / 55 km
- [HRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khrl.md) Valley International Airport · 89 mi / 143 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/knqi/data