Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (Va.)

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Name (Latin)
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (Va.)
Other forms of name
United States. Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress
United States. Navy. Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress
United States. Navy. Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (Va.)
US Naval Air Field Fentress Station (Va.)
U.S. Naval Air Field Fentress Station (Va.)
ALF Fentress (Va.)
A.L.F. Fentress (Va.)
Coordinates
-76.1344 -76.1344 36.6919 36.6919 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 137242051
Wikidata: Q3015527
Library of congress: n 83052500
Sources of Information
  • Alexandria Drafting Co. Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress ..., c1979 (subj.)map recto (US Naval Air Field Fentress Station; ALF Fentress) map verso (Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress, Chesapeake, Va.)

Wikipedia description:

Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (ICAO: KNFE, FAA LID: NFE) is a military use airport located in Chesapeake, Virginia. This military airport is owned by the U.S. Navy and is under the operational control of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The airfield primarily supports day and night Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) operations by US Navy and US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet, and US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, E-2 Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound aircraft based in Virginia and the Carolinas. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned NFE by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

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