# North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field (NZY / KNZY)

**North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field** (IATA: NZY, ICAO: KNZY) is a medium airport in San Diego, California, United States. It opened in 1917. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NZY / KNZY
- FAA: NZY
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: San Diego, California, United States
- Opened: 1917
- Elevation: 26 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 32.6992, -117.2150
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 11 approaches, 1 departure, 2 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Coronado/Installations/NorthIsland/index.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_North_Island (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800390
- Weather station: KNZY
- Ident: KNZY

## Timeline

- 1917: North Island Naval Air Station-Halsey Field opens.
- 21 May 1991: Listed as National Register of Historic Places listed place.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 195° / 015° | yes |
| 11/29 | 7,501 ft / 2,286 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Paved | 122° / 302° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00374AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 26 ft / 8 m | =40,786 of 43,403 | =18,428 in North America | =15,115 in US |
| Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =13 in North America | =12 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOCAL APP/DEP | 125.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 31.780 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.400 |
| GND | GND | 118.000 |
| MISC | ARNG OPS | 142.950 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 35.550 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.235 |
| TWR | TWR | 135.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · 2.8 mi / 4.5 km
- [NKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knkx.md) Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field · 12 mi / 20 km
- [SDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdm.md) Brown Field Municipal Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [TIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmtj.md) General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [CLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcrq.md) McClellan-Palomar Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [OCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kokb.md) Oceanside Municipal Airport · 37 mi / 59 km

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #89

## 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/knzy/data