Coordinates: 30°23′31″N 081°25′25″W / 30.39194°N 81.42361°W / 30.39194; -81.42361

Naval Station Mayport Admiral David L. McDonald Field
IATA: NRB – ICAO: KNRB – FAA LID: NRB
Summary
Airport type		Military: Naval Station
Operator		United States Navy
Location		7 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida at mouth of St. Johns River
Built		December 1942
Commander		CAPT Aaron L. Bowman
Elevation AMSL		15 ft / 5 m
Website		[1]
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
5/23	8,001	2,439	Asphalt
Source: FAA, official site

Naval Station Mayport (IATA: NRB, ICAO: KNRB, FAA LID: NRB) is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield (Admiral David L. McDonald Field) with one asphalt paved runway (5/23) measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. (2,439 x 61 m).

Since its commissioning in December 1942, NS Mayport has grown to become the third largest naval fleet concentration area in the United States. Mayport's operational composition is unique, with a busy harbor capable of accommodating 34 ships and an 8,000-foot (2,400 m) runway capable of handling most any aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory.

Naval Station Mayport is also home to the Navy's reactivated United States 4th Fleet, which had been deactivated since the 1950s.

The base has historically served as the homeport to certain conventionally-powered aircraft carriers of the Atlantic Fleet, including the USS Shangri-La (CV-38), USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS Saratoga (CV-60), and most recently the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). With the decommissioning of all conventionally-powered aircraft carriers by the Navy, no carriers are presently assigned to Mayport. However, both houses of Congress have passed legislation authorizing about US $75 million for dredging and upgrades at Mayport to accommodate a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

On January 29, 2010 the Quadrennial Defense Review Report stated that a nuclear aircraft carrier would be homeported at NAS Mayport. The action will help protect the fleet against a potential terror attack, accident or natural disaster, because all east coast aircraft carriers are currently based at Naval Station Norfolk, according to the report. West coast aircraft carriers are split between Naval Station San Diego and Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense stated, "Having a single (nuclear carrier) homeport has not been considered acceptable on the west coast and should not be considered acceptable on the east coast." The decision was opposed by elected officials in Virgina, who would lose 3,500 sailors and their dependents, $425 million in revenue each year, and most importantly, 6,000 support jobs. The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce estimated the loss at 11,000 jobs and $650 million per year. Infrastructure changes and facility construction at Mayport are estimated to take five years and cost over half a billion dollars. The 2011 budget commits $590 million during the fiscal years from 2011-2019, so a carrier may not move to Mayport until 2019.

Homeported ships

Naval Station, Mayport

Aircraft squadrons

Helicopter squadrons

• HSL-40 "Airwolves"
• HSL-42 "Proud Warriors"
• HSL-44 "Swamp Fox"
• HSL-46 "Grandmasters"
• HSL-48 "Vipers"
• HSL-60 "Jaguars"

Runway Information

Runway 05/23

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• JASU: 1(NC-8) 1(GTC-85) 1(A/NCPP-105).
• MISC: FOR DET OPR PRO GO TO WWW.NSMAYPORT.NAVY.MIL.
• MISC: CLASS D AIRSPACE AND CLASS E AIRSPACE 700 FT AND BELOW EFF 1200-0400Z++ (DT 1100-0400Z) SPECIAL LOCAL OPS 0400-0700Z++ MON-THU; 1300-2300Z++(DT 1200-2200Z) FRI; CLSD SAT, SUN, AND HOL. OTHER TIMES CLASS G AIRSPACE 700 FT AND BELOW. JACKSONVILLE CLASS E AIRSPACE 700 FT AND ABV EFF CONT.
• RSTD: PARTICIPATING ACFT ONLY DURG SPECIAL LOCAL OPS HRS.
• FUEL - EXP 2 HR DELAY AFTER NML WORKING HR. J5.
• TRAN ALERT - HUNG ORDNANCE/DIVERT ALERT - NO ORGANIC AIR-LAUNCHED WEAPONS SAFING CAPABILITY. NO TRAN MAINT AVBL. LTD TRAN PRK AVBL.
• RSTD: 24 HR PPR RQR. CTC BASE OPS DSN 960-6130/31, C904-270-6130/31.
• CAUTION: LGT TO HVY BIRD ACT ON AND IN VCNTY OF ARPT. VESSELS WITH MASTS TO 210' FREQ BERTHED 800' LEFT OF RWY 23 THLD OR RWY 23 EXTN CNTRLINE. LARGE VESSELS WITH MASTS UP TO 160' FREQ TRANSIT THE RIVER CHAN ADJ TO APCH END RWY 23 DUR FINAL APCH.
• CAUTION: EXER EXTREME VIGILANCE DUR IFR APCH RWY 05 IN VMC DUE EXTV CTL/UNCTL GENERAL AVIATION ACFT VCNTY CRAIG MUNI ARPT. PADS 1 AND 3 HAVE ALTERED LGT.
• TFC PAT: RGT TFC RWY 23. SIMULTANEOUS LDG/DEP BTN COPTER CONDUCTED ON PARL TWY LCTD 325' FR RWY 05-23. REDUCED RWY SEPARATION STD IN EFF USN/USMC ACFT. APV REDUCED RADAR SEPARATION COPTER/COPTER 500' VERT AND 2 NM.
• NS ABTMT: N SHORE OF ST. JOHNS RIVER IS A NOISE SENSITIVE AREA.
• CSTMS/AG/IMG: CSTMS/AG 24 HR PPR, MON-FRI EXC HOL 1300-2200Z++.

Mayport Ns (adm David L. Mcdonald Field) Airport   

Address: Duval County, FL

Tel: 904-270-7126

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General Info
Country	United States
State	FLORIDA
FAA ID	NRB
Latitude	30-23-30.864N
Longitude	081-25-25.311W
Elevation	17 feet
Near City	MAYPORT

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