Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field

Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within , . It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: US Marine Corps base near Quantico, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “KNYG”, “Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico”, “NYG”, “Quantico Marine Corps Airfield/Turner Field”, and “Turner Field”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chopawamsic Island and Quantico station.

Islet
Photo: Raysami48, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the few islands in the within the territorial boundaries of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is on the west side of the river next to about 30 miles south of Washington.

Railway station
is a train station in , served by two Amtrak trains and the Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. The existing station house was originally built by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1953.

Memorial
Photo: FieldMarine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marine Corps Base Quantico and Quantico.

Village
is a United States Marine Corps installation located near , covering nearly 55,148 acres of southern , northern , and southeastern .

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a military base and town in eastern , , situated on the Potomac River.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . Located on the banks of the , it was the site of the flight experiments by Samuel Langley during the late 19th and early 20th century.

Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field

Latitude
38.5049° or 38° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.30527° or 77° 18′ 19″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
IATA airport code
NYG
ICAO airport code
KNYG
United Nations Location Code
US NYG
Open location code
87C4GM3V+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 430640473
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6326865
Wiki­data ID
Q1029695
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Urdu—“Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرفق طيران مشاه البحريه كوانتيكو”
  • French: “aérodrome de Quantico Mcaf /Turner Field”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Quantico Mcaf /Turner Field”
  • French: “NYG”
  • Indonesian: “KNYG”
  • Indonesian: “NYG”
  • Japanese: “クアンティコ海兵隊航空施設”
  • Japanese: “クワンティコ海兵隊航空基地”
  • Japanese: “クワンティコ海兵隊航空施設”
  • Ladin: “Quantico Base (Virginia)”
  • Ladin: “Quantico Base”
  • Persian: “KNYG”
  • Persian: “NYG”
  • Persian: “تسهیلات هوایی شرکت مرین”
  • Urdu: “میرین کور ایئرفسیلیٹی کوانٹیکو”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chamberlain Village and Cardinal Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Quantico Fire and Emergency Services Station 52 and Marine Air Corps Facility - Quantico Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting.

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