About Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)
Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) is classified by OurAirports as a medium airport serving Jacksonville, Florida. The airport is identified by FAA location identifier KNIP, by the three-letter IATA code NIP, and the four-letter ICAO code KNIP. OurAirports records this airport as not having scheduled passenger service.
The airfield sits at approximately 30.2358° N, 81.6806° W, with a published field elevation of 21 feet above mean sea level.
"Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)" is one of 533 public-use airports in Florida, and one of roughly 16,000 such airports indexed in the FAA's national airspace records.
Reference data
| Official name | Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) |
|---|---|
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida (FL) |
| City and state (page) | Jacksonville, FL |
| FAA Form 5010 ident | KNIP |
| IATA code | NIP |
| ICAO code | KNIP |
| Airport class | medium_airport |
| Latitude / longitude | 30.2358° N, 81.6806° W |
| Field elevation | 21 ft MSL |
| Scheduled passenger service | No |
| Reference article | Wikipedia entry |
Nearby airports
If Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field) doesn't fit your schedule or routing, the closest alternative public-use airports are listed below. The first column is sorted by approximate great-circle distance from this airport.
| Airport | City | State | Codes | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herlong Airport | Jacksonville | FL | KHEG / - |
small_airport |
| Cecil Airport | Jacksonville | FL | VQQ / KVQQ |
medium_airport |
| Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport | Jacksonville | FL | CRG / KCRG |
medium_airport |
| Deep Forest Airport | Jacksonville | FL | FD48 / - |
small_airport |
| Whitehouse Naval Outlying Field | Jacksonville | FL | NEN / KNEN |
small_airport |
| Jacksonville International Airport | Jacksonville | FL | JAX / KJAX |
large_airport |