Bristol Field Airport
Naval Station Argentia is a former base of the United States Navy that operated from 1941 to 1994. It was established in the community of Argentia in the Dominion of Newfoundland, which later became the tenth Canadian province, Newfoundland and Labrador.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: former US Navy base in Newfoundland, closed 1994
- Also known as: “NAS Argentia”, “Naval Station Argentia”, and “NWP”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Placentia and Dunville.
Placentia
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Placentia is a town of 3,500 people on the west side of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. It was the French capital of Newfoundland in the early 17th century.
Dunville
Town
Dunville is a neighborhood located in the Town of Placentia, in Canada. it was earlier called Northeast or North East Placentia. The name was formed from "Dunphy's Village" a part of Northeast Placentia. Dunville is situated 9 km southeast of Bristol Field Airport.
Bristol Field Airport
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tajik—“Bristol Field Airport” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿根廷海軍基地”
- Chinese: “阿真捨海军基地”
- Chinese: “阿真捨海軍基地”
- Chinese: “阿真舍海军基地”
- Chinese: “阿真舍海軍基地”
- French: “Base navale Argentia”
- German: “Naval Air Station Argentia”
- Indonesian: “NWP”
- Japanese: “アルジェンシャ海軍基地”
- Japanese: “アルジェンティア海兵隊基地”
- Japanese: “アルゼンチア海軍基地”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی ارجنتیا”
- Swedish: “Naval Air Station Argentia”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ орҷнтио”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Аргентина”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Argentia and Travers Cove Point.
Nearby Places
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